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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            AUG 16 2013

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

XIUYING ZHENG,                                   No. 12-71124

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A095-192-314

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted August 14, 2013 **

Before:        SCHROEDER, GRABER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

       Xiuying Zheng, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to remand

and dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her

application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Movsisian v.

Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir. 2005), and review for substantial evidence

factual findings, id. at 1097. We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for

review.

      The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Zheng’s motion to remand

based on ineffective assistance of counsel where Zheng failed to comply with the

requirements set forth in Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), and

the alleged ineffectiveness is not plain from the record. See Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358

F.3d 592, 597 (9th Cir. 2004). We lack jurisdiction to review Zheng’s unexhausted

claim that the IJ erred in not granting her attorney’s motion to withdraw. See

Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).

      Zheng does not challenge the BIA’s finding that she did not suffer past

persecution. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Zheng did not

establish a well-founded fear of persecution based on her claim that her two United

States citizen children violate the family planning policy. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454

F.3d 1014, 1022 (9th Cir. 2006) (petitioner failed to show he would suffer harm

rising to the level of persecution). We lack jurisdiction to review any contention

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about new harm Zheng might face that she did not raise to the BIA. See Barron,

358 F.3d at 678.

      Because Zheng failed to meet the lower burden of proof for asylum, it

follows that she has not met the higher standard for withholding of removal. See

Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).

      Finally, substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s denial of CAT relief

because Zheng failed to establish that it is more likely than not she will be tortured

by or with the acquiescence of the government of China. See Silaya v. Mukasey,

524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2008).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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