Chen

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 4 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

QIAO CHEN, No. 23-505 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-466-258 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 14, 2024** Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: PAEZ, M. SMITH, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Qiao Chen, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of an order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming, without opinion, the denial

of Chen’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal by an Immigration

* 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). Judge (“IJ”).1 See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them

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