Jian Chen v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 18 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JIAN R. CHEN, No. 20-71387

Petitioner, Agency No. A203-599-196

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 8, 2022** Seattle, Washington

Before: BYBEE, BEA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Jian Rong Chen seeks review of the denial of her application for

withholding of removal, asylum, and protection under the Convention Against

Torture (CAT). Chen bases her claims on treatment that she and her family faced

* 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). at the hands of the local Chinese government after they resisted efforts to take their

family home under eminent domain. She also alleges persecution because of her

Catholic religious…