Zhi Liu v. Eric Holder, Jr. ( 2014 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-1019
ZHI QIANG LIU,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: September 11, 2014 Decided: September 16, 2014
Before MOTZ and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael Brown, LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL BROWN, New York, New York,
for Petitioner. Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General,
Shelley R. Goad, Assistant Director, John D. Williams, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Zhi Qiang Liu, 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 requests for asylum and
withholding of deportation. * We have thoroughly reviewed the
record, including the transcript of Liu’s merits hearing and all
supporting evidence. We conclude that the record evidence does
not compel a ruling contrary to any of the administrative
factual findings, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that
substantial evidence supports the Board’s decision. See 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: Zhi Qiang Liu (B.I.A.
Dec. 16, 2013). 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
*
To the extent that Liu seeks to challenge the immigration
judge’s denial of his request for protection under the
Convention Against Torture, we lack jurisdiction on the ground
that Liu failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before
the Board. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1) (2012); Massis v. Mukasey,
549 F.3d 631, 638–40 (4th Cir. 2008).
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