Case Name: MIN YANG, 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: 2012-08-15
Citations: 474 F. App'x 38
Docket Number: No. 11-821
Parties: MIN YANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, JON O. NEWMAN, PIERRE N. LEVAL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 38–39

Head Matter:
MIN YANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-821.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Aug. 15, 2012.
WaiSim M. Cheung, Tsoi and Associates, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Mary Jane Candaux, Assistant Branch Director; Matthew A. Connelly, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, JON O. NEWMAN, PIERRE N. LEVAL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Min Yang seeks review of a February 3, 2011, decision of the BIA affirming the October 22, 2008, decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") George T. Chew, denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Min Yang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Feb. 3, 2011), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Oct. 22, 2008). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed both the IJ's and the BIA's opinions. See Zaman v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 233, 237 (2d Cir.2008). The applicable standards of review are well-established. See Jian Hui Shoo v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 157-58 (2d Cir.2008).
Yang, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, sought relief from removal based on her assertion that she fears persecution because she has had more than one child in the United States, which they contend is in violation of China's population control program and because she is Catholic. For largely the same reasons as this Court set forth in Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d 138, we find no error in the agency's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief insofar as those claims were based on Yang's fear of persecution under China's population control program. See id. at 158-72.
With respect to Yang's religion claim, contrary to her contention, the BIA did not review de novo the IJ's factual findings when it found clearly erroneous the IJ's factual determination that Yang's continued practice of Catholicism in China was speculative, but nevertheless agreed with the IJ's dispositive determination that Yang did not demonstrate, as a matter of law, an objectively reasonable fear that she would be persecuted in China on account of her religion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(d)(3); see also Hui Lin Huang v. Holder, 677 F.3d 130, 134-35 (2d Cir.2012) ("The BIA [] is on sound ground in its view that de novo review applies to the ultimate question of whether the applicant has sustained her burden to establish that her subjective fear of persecution is objectively reasonable."). Moreover, the agency reasonably found that Yang failed to show that members of unregistered Catholic groups face persecution in Fujian Province, or that Chinese authorities were aware of, or were likely to become aware of, her practice of Catholicism. See Hongsheng Leng v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 135, 143 (2d Cir.2008).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).