Detao Xiong v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 6 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DETAO XIONG, No. 16-72072

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-785-561

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 4, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: SCHROEDER, S.R. THOMAS, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Detao Xiong, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeal’s denial of his application for asylum and

withholding of removal. Xiong sought protection based on his opposition to

* 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). China’s one-child policy. He challenges the Board’s adverse credibility

determination.

We conclude that determination was supported by substantial evidence. See

8 U.S.C. §…