Case Name: XIU LAN ZHENG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-05-20
Citations: 525 F. App'x 50
Docket Number: No. 12-182
Parties: XIU LAN ZHENG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: ROBERTA. KATZMANN, GERARD E. LYNCH and DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 525
Pages: 50–52

Head Matter:
XIU LAN ZHENG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-182.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 20, 2013.
H. Raymond Fasano, Youman, Madeo & Fasano, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., Assistant Director; S. Nicole Nardone, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: ROBERTA. KATZMANN, GERARD E. LYNCH and DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner, Xiu Lan Zheng, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a December 15, 2011, decision of the BIA affirming the March 17, 2005, decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Noel Ann Ferris, which denied her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Xiu Lan Zheng, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (BIA Dec. 15, 2011), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig.Ct.N.Y. City Mar. 17, 2005). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
Zheng challenges only the agency's authority to find that her initial asylum application was frivolous. Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed the decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005). 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).
Before being barred from future immigration benefits for filing a frivolous asylum application, aliens are entitled to a variety of procedural safeguards, including notice of the consequences of filing a frivolous application. See Mei Juan Zheng v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 176, 180 (2d Cir.2008); Matter of Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 151, 155 (BIA 2007). Specifically, the Immigration and Nationality Act provides that, "[a]t the time of filing an application for asylum, the Attorney General shall . advise the alien . of the consequences . of knowingly filing a frivolous application for asylum." 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(4)(A).
Zheng does not challenge the IJ's finding that her initial, later withdrawn, asylum application was frivolous, that is, materially false. See Mei Juan Zheng, 514 F.3d at 178. Rather, she argues that the agency erred as she did not receive adequate notice of the consequences of filing such an application because, prior to her initial filing, the IJ never gave her an oral warning regarding those consequences. However, nothing in the Immigration and Nationality Act requires that the warning be given orally or by an IJ. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(4)(A). The asylum application Zheng filed and signed and submitted to the IJ on February 24, 2000 explained that "Mpplicants determined to have made a frivolous application for asylum will be permanently ineligible for any benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act." Although Zheng now contends that she did not understand the notice, the record belies her argument, as she certified in a separate statement attached to her original application (both in English and in Chinese) that the contents of her application were true and correct and that she had been advised of the consequences of filing a false or frivolous application. Moreover, her attorney confirmed to the IJ at the February 24, 2000 hearing that Zheng "had been read the full fraud advi-sals" and knew that "if anything . is found to be untrue, . she will be barred for life from receiving any legal status in this country." Accordingly, Zheng received sufficient notice. See Ribas v. Mukasey, 545 F.3d 922, 929-30 (10th Cir.2008) (concluding, as a matter of law, that the written warning on the form provides sufficient notice of the consequence of filing a frivolous application).
Zheng does not argue that the IJ failed to meet any other procedural safeguards associated with making a frivolousness finding. She did not acknowledge the false statements in her original application until January 2001, when she submitted an amended application, although she had several opportunities to recant before that. On March 17, 2005, the IJ denied relief and ordered Zheng removed, both on the merits because the IJ found her not to be credible and because she had filed a frivolous application initially.
Because Zheng received adequate notice of the consequences of filing a' frivolous application, the agency did not err in finding that she was barred from receiving future immigration benefits for filing a frivolous application.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.