Guotao Xin v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GUOTAO XIN, No. 20-71974

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-546-825

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 10, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Guotao Xin, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a

decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the denial of his

requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention

* 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). Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the

petition for review.

Xin says that he is likely to face religious persecution and torture…