UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-2048
DONG JI,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: March 19, 2018 Decided: May 17, 2018
Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Leslie Anne Davis, Joseph R. Melanson, CROWELL & MORING, LLP, Washington,
D.C., for Petitioner. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Nancy E.
Friedman, Senior Litigation Counsel, Brooke M. Maurer, Office of Immigration
Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for
Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Dong Ji, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal
from the Immigration Judge’s denial of his request for asylum and withholding of
removal. We have thoroughly reviewed the record, including the transcript of Ji’s merits
hearing and all supporting evidence. We conclude that the record evidence does not
compel a ruling contrary to any of the agency’s factual findings, see 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that substantial evidence supports the Board’s decision,
INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board.
See In re Ji (B.I.A. Aug.9, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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