Ya Xiao v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 15 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YA XIAO, No. 17-71363

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-837-825

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 13, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges, and ARTERTON,*** District Judge.

Petitioner Ya Xiao, a citizen of China, seeks review of the Board of

Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) adverse

* 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 Janet Bond Arterton, United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, sitting by designation. credibility determination against her that resulted in the denial of her application for

asylum…