Xiaolei Zhao v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 17 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

XIAOLEI ZHAO, No. 15-72822

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-259-327

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 15, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: OWENS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN,*** District Judge.

Xiaolei Zhao, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of the

* 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 Dana L. Christensen, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and

withholding of removal.…