Lanqing Zhang v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAR 10 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LANQING ZHANG, No. 17-72595

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-349-056

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 8, 2022** Portland, Oregon

Before: GRABER, BEA, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Lanqing Zhang, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s

(“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and

* 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). protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Reviewing for

substantial evidence, Li v. Garland, 13 F.4th 954, 956 (9th Cir. 2021), we deny the

petition.

1. Substantial evidence…