Yuqin Gao v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 17 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YUQIN GAO, No. 16-70847

Petitioner, Agency No. A089-877-246

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 13, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Yuqin Gao, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a decision of the

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her administrative appeal of an

order of the immigration judge (IJ) denying her application for asylum. We have

* 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). jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. “We review factual findings, including adverse

credibility determinations, for substantial evidence.” Bhattarai v. Lynch, 835 F.3d

1037, 1042 (9th…