Baoguo Liu v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

MAR 26 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BAOGUO LIU, No. 16-71202

Petitioner, Agency No. A088-482-859

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted January 10, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and KATZMANN,** Judge. Concurrence by Judge KATZMANN.

Petitioner Baoguo Liu (“Liu”) is a fifty-eight-year-old native and citizen of

the People’s Republic of China (“China”). He petitions for review of a decision by

the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upholding an Immigration Judge’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Gary S. Katzmann, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).1…