Jingshu Qian v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JINGSHU QIAN,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 11-73139
Agency No. A095-448-816
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 4, 2015**
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge and HAWKINS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Jingshu Qian petitions this court to review the Board of Immigration Appeals’s
(“BIA”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection
under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The BIA upheld the Immigration
FILED
AUG 06 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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Judge’s denial of relief based on an adverse credibility determination. Qian failed to
raise his withholding of removal and CAT claims in his briefing before this court.
Although he made some general arguments regarding asylum, he failed to address the
BIA’s reasons for affirming the adverse credibility determination and denying his
asylum application. Qian’s arguments with respect to ineffective assistance of counsel
are not germane to this issue. Qian therefore waived review of all three claims. See
Martinez-Serrano v. I.N.S., 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir. 1996) (“Issues raised in a
brief that are not supported by argument are deemed abandoned.”).
PETITION DENIED.
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