Jia-Shen He v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 15 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JIA-SHEN HE, AKA Jiasheng He, No. 20-70450

Petitioner, Agency No. A209-393-307

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted July 8, 2022** Honolulu, Hawaii

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

Jia-Shen He, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of a Board of

Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial

of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition.

* 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). 1. He did not waive his challenge to the BIA’s decision by focusing the

arguments in his opening brief on the IJ’s…