Qian v. U.S.C.I.S. ( 2009 )

07-2865-ag
Qian v. U.S.C.I.S.
BIA
Bukszpan, IJ
A072 565 031
A070 455 860
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
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1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
3 United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
4 New York, on the 19 th day of November, two thousand nine.
5
6 PRESENT:
7 DENNIS JACOBS,
8 Chief Judge,
9 JON O. NEWMAN,
10 PIERRE N. LEVAL,
11 Circuit Judges.
12 _________________________________________
13
14 REN LE QIAN, QIN ZHOU YONG,
15 AKA YUNG CHOU, AKA CHIN KANG CHUA,
16 Petitioners,
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18 v. 07-2865-ag
19 NAC
20 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP
21 AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES,
22 Respondent.
23 _________________________________________
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25 FOR PETITIONERS: Joshua Bardavid, Law Office of Jan
26 Potemkin, New York, New York.
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1 FOR RESPONDENT: Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant
2 Attorney General; Michelle Latour,
3 Assistant Director; Nairi M.
4 Simonian, Trial Attorney, Office of
5 Immigration Litigation, United
6 States Department of Justice,
7 Washington, D.C.
8
9 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a
10 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby
11 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that the petition for review
12 is DENIED.
13 Petitioners Ren Le Qian and Qin Zhou Yong, natives and
14 citizens of the People’s Republic of China, seek review of a
15 June 29, 2007 order of the BIA, reversing the February 23,
16 2004 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Joanna Miller
17 Bukszpan, which granted their application for asylum and
18 withholding of removal. In re Ren Le Qian, Qin Zhou Yong,
19 Nos. A072 565 031, A070 455 860 (B.I.A. June 29, 2007),
20 rev’g Nos. A072 565 031, A070 455 860 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City
21 Feb. 23, 2004). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the
22 underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
23 When the BIA issues an independent decision on remand,
24 we review the BIA’s decision alone. See Belortaja v.
25 Gonzales, 484 F.3d 619, 622-23 (2d Cir. 2007). We review
26 the agency’s factual findings under the substantial evidence
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1 standard. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also Corovic v.
2 Mukasey, 519 F.3d 90, 95 (2d Cir. 2008). We review de novo
3 questions of law and the application of law to undisputed
4 fact. Salimatou Bah v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 99, 110 (2d Cir.
5 2008).
6 Contrary to the petitioners’ argument, the BIA did not
7 apply an erroneous standard of review in determining that
8 their evidence failed to demonstrate the objective
9 reasonableness of their claimed fear of forced
10 sterilization. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138,
11 162-63 (2d Cir. 2008) (concluding that the BIA did not apply
12 an erroneous legal standard in making “a legal determination
13 that, while [petitioner’s] credible testimony was sufficient
14 to demonstrate a genuine subjective fear of future
15 persecution, more was needed to demonstrate the objective
16 reasonableness of that fear”) (citing Ramsameachire v.
17 Ashcroft, 357 F.3d 169, 178 (2d Cir. 2004)). Moreover, we
18 “presume that [the agency] has taken into account all of the
19 evidence before [it], unless the record compellingly
20 suggests otherwise” and there is nothing in the BIA’s
21 decision compelling the conclusion that it failed to take
22 into account petitioners’ evidence. See Xiao Ji Chen v.
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1 U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 337 n.17 (2d Cir.
2 2006). Indeed, we have previously reviewed the BIA’s
3 consideration of evidence similar to that which petitioners
4 presented and have found no error in its conclusion that
5 such evidence is insufficient to establish an objectively
6 reasonable fear of persecution. See Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d
7 at 156-65.
8 For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is
9 DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of
10 removal that the Court previously granted in this petition
11 is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in
12 this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for
13 oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with
14 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second
15 Circuit Local Rule 34(b).
16 FOR THE COURT:
17 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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20 By:___________________________
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