Ren v. Barr


17-43 (L) Ren v. Barr BIA Wright, IJ A205 894 915 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT=S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING TO A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. 1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals 2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall 3 United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of 4 New York, on the 21st day of May, two thousand nineteen. 5 6 PRESENT: 7 JOHN M. WALKER, JR., 8 DENNIS JACOBS, 9 RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., 10 Circuit Judges. 11 _____________________________________ 12 13 WEI LIANG REN, 14 Petitioner, 15 16 v. 17-43 (L), 17 17-2566 (Con) 18 NAC 19 WILLIAM P. BARR, UNITED STATES 20 ATTORNEY GENERAL, 21 Respondent. 22 _____________________________________ 23 24 FOR PETITIONER: Zhong Yue Zhang, Flushing, NY. 25 26 FOR RESPONDENT: Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant 27 Attorney General; Jeffery R. 28 Leist, Senior Litigation Counsel; 29 Abigail E. Leach, Trial Attorney, 30 Office of Immigration Litigation, 31 United States Department of 32 Justice, Washington, DC. 1 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of these petitions for review of 2 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decisions, it is hereby 3 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petitions for review 4 are DENIED. 5 Petitioner Wei Liang Ren, a native and citizen of the 6 People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a December 12, 7 2016, decision of the BIA affirming a June 7, 2016, decision 8 of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying Ren’s application for 9 asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the 10 Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Wei Liang Ren, No. 11 A 205 894 915 (B.I.A. Dec. 12, 2016), aff’g No. A 205 894 915 12 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City June 7, 2016). Ren also seeks review 13 of an August 11, 2017, decision of the BIA denying his motion 14 to reopen. In re Wei Liang Ren, No. A 205 894 915 (B.I.A. 15 Aug. 11, 2017). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the 16 underlying facts and procedural history in this case. 17 We have reviewed both the IJ’s and the BIA’s decisions. 18 See Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir. 2009). 19 The applicable standards of review are well established. See 20 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Wei Sun v. Sessions, 883 F.3d 23, 21 27 (2d Cir. 2018) (reviewing factual findings for substantial 22 evidence and questions of law and the application of law to 2 1 undisputed facts de novo); Jian ...

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