Ming Lin v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 7 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MING ZHEN LIN, No. 20-73030

Petitioner, Agency No. A212-980-668

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted November 18, 2021** San Francisco, California

Before: THOMAS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and MOLLOY,*** District Judge.

Ming Zhen Lin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of a

decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial by an

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Donald W. Molloy, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. immigration judge (“IJ”) of his application for asylum.1 We review the agency’s

“legal conclusions…