Li Chen v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 12 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LI CHEN, No. 17-70385

Petitioner, Agency No. A201-189-651

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 8, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and GRABER and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Li Chen, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of the order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that denied his applications for asylum,

withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here except

* 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). as necessary to provide context for our ruling. We review legal…