Weidong Xia v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 14 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WEIDONG XIA, No. 16-72173

Petitioner, Agency No. A087-727-657

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 10, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Weidong Xia, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration

Judge’s (IJ) adverse credibility determination and denial of his applications for

asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture

* 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). (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition in part

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