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Z heng Y un L i n ( “Pet i t i oner ”) a nat i ve and c i t i zen of t he Peopl e’ s R epubl i c of C hi na ( “the PR C ”) , s eeks r evi ew of a de ci s i on byt he B oar d of I m m i gr at i on A ppeal s ( “the B I A ”) . T he B I A aff

i r m ed the dec i s i on of the I m m i gr at i on J udge ( t he “I J ”) deny i ng Pet i t i oner ’ s appl i cat i ons foras y l um , w i t hhol di ng of r emoval , and pr ot ect i on undert he Co n v e n t i o n Ag a i n s tTo r tu r e . P e t i t o n e rc l a i ms t h a th i s f a mi l ywa s p e r s e c u t e d b yt h e P RC f o rv i o l a t i n g t h a tg o v e r n me n t ’ s “ o n e c h i l d ” p o l i c y . As we wr i t e f o rt h e p a r t i e s o n l y , we do nots etoutt he fa ct s s epar at el y . W e conc l ude thatt he B I A ’ s deci s i on w as s uppor t ed by
s u b s t a n t i a l e v i d e n c e , a n d we d e n yt h e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. I. W her e, as her e, t he B I A aff i r m s an i m m i gr at i on j udge’ s deci s i on w i t houti s s ui ng its o w n s e p a ra te o p in io n , th is C o u rt re v ie w s th e d e c is io n o f th e im m ig ra tio n ju d g e . A bdul ai v. A s hcr oft , 239 F. 3d 542, 549 ( 3d C i r . 2001) . T he admi ni s t r at i ve fi ndi ngs of fac ts uppor t i ng a fi nal or derof r emoval cannotbe r ever s ed unl es s t he admi ni s t r at i ve r ecor d w as s uch that“a r eas onabl e adj udi cat orw oul d be compel l ed t o concl ude t o t he contr ary . ” 8 U . S. C . §1252( b) ( 4) ( A )
- ( B ) . T hi s C our tw i l l aff i r m t he I J ’ s deci s i on t hat P eti ti o n er w as n o t el igible f o r w ith h o lding o f re m o v al or p rotec ti o n u n d er the T o rtu re C onvent i on i f ther e i s s ubs t ant i al evi dence t o s uppor tt he dec i s i on. Y an Lan W u v. A s h c ro f t, 3 9 3 F .3 d 4 1 8 , 4 2 1 (3 d C ir . 2 0 0 5 ).3 II. Pet i t i oner ’ s cl ai m of pas tper s ecut i on tur ns upon w hetherhi s w i fe ha d been for ci bl ys t er i l i zed. T he pr i m aryevi dence of r ecor d r egar di ng t hi s cl ai m i s a ce r t i fi cat e, i s s ued byC hangl e C i t yH os pi t al , s t at i ng t hata W ei H ua C hen “unde r w ents t er i l i zat i on oper at i on” att hathos pi t al on Sept ember12, 1997. I n a n a t t e mp tt o d e t e r mi n e t h e a u t h e n t i c i t yo f t h e s t e r i l i z a t i o n c e r t i f

i c a t e , t wo s epar at e i nves t i gat i ons w er e conduc t ed thr ough t he U ni t ed St at es cons ul at e i n G uang Z hou, C hi na. B ot h i nves t i gat i ons concl uded thatt he ce r t i fi cat e w as “fa br i cat ed. ” P et i t i on er ar gu es that the IJ erred bycon si deri ng t he resul t s of t he invest i gati on s becau se t he conc l us i ons w er e pr i m ar i l ybas ed upon the C hangl e C i t yH os pi t al ’ s deni al of
a u th e n ticity . T h is w a s e rro r, P e tit io n e r c o n ten d s, f o r tw o re a so n s. F irst, C h a n g le C ity H os pi t al i s “funde d and contr ol l ed byt he [PR C ] , ” and w as t her efor e unl i kel yt o pr ovi de
e v id e n c e o f

f o rc e d s te ri liz a tio n , w h ic h is d is f a v o re d b yth e in te rn a tio n a l c o m m u n ity. S e c o n d , an yh o sp ital w o rk e r w h o v e rif ied th e a u th e n ticityo f

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ire d . P e t. B r. 7 -9 . B u t P e tit io n e r’s a rg u m e n t is su p p o rte d o n lyb yh is
ow n s pecul at i on. A l t hough i ti s cert ai nl ypl aus i bl e thatt he PR C w oul d s eek t o m i ni m i ze t he nega t i ve publ i ci t yt hatcomes w i t h t he pr act i ce of for ced s t er i l i zat i on, i ti s notcl ear t hatC hi nes e hos pi t al s t ypi cal l ydenyt he exi s t ence of for ced s t er i l i zat i ons , ort hathos pi t al
w or ker s ar e fi r ed forfai l i ng t o denyt he exi s t ence of s uch pr ocedur es . G i ven the l eni ent sta n d a rd o f

re v iew , P e tit io n e r’s b a re a ss e rtio n s a re n o t su f f icie n t ev id e n c e to c o m p e l a4

con cl usi on differ ent fr om t he IJ’ s det erm i nati on . A nd given t he IJ’ s factual fi nd i ng s, t here i s subst anti al evidence to supp orthis con cl usi on s. III . Fort he r eas ons gi ven above , w e denyZ heng Y un L i n’ s pet i t i on.