Guofang Zhang v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEC 13 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

GUOFANG ZHANG, No. 15-73651

Petitioner, Agency No. A089-897-553

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 19, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and DORSEY,*** District Judge.

* 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 Jennifer A. Dorsey, United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation. Petitioner Guofang Zhang (Zhang) seeks review of the denial of his application

for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture

(CAT).

“We review for substantial evidence factual findings underlying the denial of

a withholding or CAT claim. . . .”…