Lijun Zhao v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 8 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LIJUN ZHAO, No. 17-72402

Petitioner, Agency No. A088-131-411

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 6, 2022** Portland, Oregon

Before: EBEL,*** W. FLETCHER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Lijun Zhao (“Zhao”), a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of a

decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of

* 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 David M. Ebel, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding

of removal, and relief…