Lina Qin v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LINA QIN; YONG MA, No. 16-72455

Petitioners, Agency No. A205-538-339

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 11, 2022** Pasadena, California

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

Lina Qin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of

Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing her appeal of the immigration

judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application (and the rider application of her

husband, Yong Ma) for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

* 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). Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). As the parties are familiar with the facts,

we…