Case Name: JING ZHANG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-12-28
Citations: 632 F. App'x 11
Docket Number: No. 14-925
Parties: JING ZHANG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: ROBERTA. KATZMANN, Chief Judge, PETER W. HALL, SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 632
Pages: 11–12

Head Matter:
JING ZHANG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-925.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Dec. 28, 2015.
Guang Jun Gao, Flushing, NY, for Petitioner
Joyce R. Branda, Acting Assistant Attorney General; John W. Blakeley, Assistant Director; Katharine E. Clark, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: ROBERTA. KATZMANN, Chief Judge, PETER W. HALL, SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Jing Zhang, a native and citizen of the People's Republic'of China, seeks review of a March 13, 2014, decision of the BIA affirming the March 6, 2012, decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ"), denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Jing Zhang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Mar. 13, 2014), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Mar. 6, 2012). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
We have reviewed the decisions of the IJ and the BIA "for the sake of completeness." Wangchuck v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 448 F.3d 524, 528 (2d Cir.2006). The applicable standards of review are well established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir.2009).
"[T]o establish a well-founded fear of persecution in the absence of any evidence of past persecution, an alien must make some showing that authorities in h[er] country of nationality are either aware of h[er] activities or likely to become aware of h[er] activities." Y.C. v. Holder, 741 F.3d 324, 332-33 (2d Cir.2013) (quoting Hongsheng Leng v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 135, 143 (2d Cir.2008) (per curiam)). We find no error in the agency's determination that Zhang failed to satisfy this requirement.
The agency reasonably declined to credit an unsworn letter from Zhang's father asserting that officials in China were aware of Zhang's involvement with the Chinese Democracy Party ("CDP") in the United States. See Y.C., 741 F.3d at 334. Furthermore, the agency reasonably determined that news articles, which suggested that only high-ranking CDP officials are subject to arrest and mistreatment in China, were insufficient to establish that Chinese authorities are likely to become aware of or to be interested in her activities as a low-level member in the CDP. See Hongsheng Leng, 528 F.3d at 143; Y.C., 741 F.3d at 334-37.
Because the agency reasonably found that Zhang failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, see Hongsheng Leng, 528 F.3d at 143, it did not err in denying asylum and withholding of removal, see Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156-57 (2d Cir.2006). We lack jurisdiction to consider Zhang's unexhausted challenge to the agency's denial of CAT relief. See Karaj v. Gonzales, 462 F.3d 113, 119 (2d Cir.2006).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED in part and DISMISSED in part. As we have completed our review, the pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DENIED as moot.