Wenjin Liang v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 25 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WENJIN LIANG, No. 21-70736

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-172-929

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: WATFORD and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and AMON,** District Judge.

Wenjin Liang petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to terminate proceedings and affirming the

immigration judge’s decision denying his motion to reopen his in absentia removal

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Carol Bagley Amon, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. Page 2 of

order. We grant the petition, vacate the removal order, and remand to the agency

with instructions to grant Liang’s…