11-2480-ag
Jiang v. Holder
BIA
A099 568 354
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United
3 States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York,
4 on the 10th day of October, two thousand thirteen.
5
6 PRESENT:
7 JOHN M. WALKER, JR.,
8 ROSEMARY S. POOLER,
9 RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR.,
10 Circuit Judges.
11 _________________________________________
12
13 DE TUAN JIANG,
14 Petitioner,
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16 v. 11-2480-ag
17 NAC
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19 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
20 ATTORNEY GENERAL,
21 Respondent.
22 _________________________________________
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24 FOR PETITIONER: De Tuan Jiang, pro se, New York,
25 N.Y.
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27 FOR RESPONDENT: Tony West, Assistant Attorney General;
28 Stephen J. Flynn, Assistant Director;
29 Janette L. Allen, Attorney, Office of
30 Immigration Litigation, United States
31 Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a
2 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby
3 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that the petition for review
4 is DENIED.
5 Petitioner De Tuan Jiang, a native and citizen of the
6 People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a May 24, 2011,
7 decision of the BIA denying his motion to reopen. In re De
8 Tuan Jiang, No. A099 568 354 (B.I.A. May 24, 2011). We assume
9 the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and
10 procedural history of the case.
11 The applicable standards of review are well established.
12 See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir.
13 2008). Contrary to Jiang’s assertion that the BIA applied the
14 wrong standard by requiring him to establish that he would
15 “likely” face persecution, the BIA explicitly applied the
16 appropriate prima facie standard, and noted that Jiang failed
17 to submit any evidence that “Chinese authorities are aware, or
18 are likely to become aware, of” his conversion to Catholicism
19 as required to ultimately establish a well-founded fear of
20 persecution under our case law. See id. at 168 (recognizing
21 that an alien’s “ability to secure reopening depends on a
22 demonstration of prima facie eligibility for [relief], which
23 means []he must show a ‘realistic chance’ that []he will be
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1 able to obtain such relief”); see also Hongsheng Leng v.
2 Mukasey, 528 F.3d 135, 143 (2d Cir. 2008) (“[T]o establish a
3 well-founded fear of persecution in the absence of any
4 evidence of past persecution, an alien must make some showing
5 that authorities in his country of nationality are either
6 aware of his activities or likely to become aware of his
7 activities.”). Jiang’s failure to submit such evidence
8 supported the BIA’s determination that he failed to
9 demonstrate his prima facie eligibility for relief and formed
10 an adequate basis for denying his motion to reopen. See
11 Hongsheng Leng, 528 F.3d at 143; see also INS v. Abudu, 485
12 U.S. 94, 104-05 (1988).
13 For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is
14 DENIED.
15 FOR THE COURT:
16 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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