Li

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 2 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEQI LI, No. 23-198 Agency No. Petitioner, A099-333-730 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 27, 2024** San Francisco, California

Before: WALLACH,** NGUYEN, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Deqi Li, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for review of

a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial by

an immigration judge (“IJ”) of his applications for asylum, withholding of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Evan J. Wallach, United States Senior Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).1 As the

parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here. Li timely…