Lei Zhang v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 9 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LEI ZHANG, No. 16-70227

Petitioner, Agency No. A089-893-702

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 7, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL,*** District Judge.

Lei Zhang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of a decision of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an order of

* 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 Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation. an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying asylum, withholding of removal, and

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