Case Name: QIANG ZHI YE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-11-19
Citations: 585 F. App'x 646
Docket Number: No. 10-73898
Parties: QIANG ZHI YE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 646–647

Head Matter:
QIANG ZHI YE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-73898.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 17, 2014.
Filed Nov. 19, 2014.
Anders Laird Johnson, Trial, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Tiffany L. Walters, Trial, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. [ AXXX-XXX-XXX ].
Before: HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNN, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Qiang Zhi Ye (Ye), a Chinese national and citizen, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of the immigration judge's denial of deferral of removal pursuant to the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Ye contends that the BIA's decision was not supported by substantial evidence because it is more likely than not that he would be forcibly sterilized due to his intellectual disability.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's dismissal of Ye's overly speculative CAT claim premised on the 2008 U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report for China. Although the State Department report reflects that the Chinese government requires individuals with congenital disabilities to use birth control or undergo sterilization if they wish to marry, Ye failed to demonstrate that it was more likely than not that he would be forcibly sterilized due to his non-congenital disabil ity resulting from childhood meningitis. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 836 (9th Cir.2011) (holding that the BIA properly denied CAT relief based on the petitioner's overly speculative claim); see also Alphonsus v. Holder, 705 F.3d 1031, 1049 (9th Cir.2013) ("Despite the troubling country reports, the record evidence does not compel the conclusion that [petitioner] himself will be, more likely than not, tortured upon his return....") (emphasis in the original).
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.