BAO TAI NIAN v. HOLDER

No. 07-73643.

683 F.3d 1227 (2012)

BAO TAI NIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy A. Chouteau , Aguirre Law Group A.P.C., San Diego, CA, for the petitioner.

Eric W. Marsteller , U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, RONALD M. GOULD, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

Bao Tai Nian ("Bao"), a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Bao arrived in the United States as an alien crew member. His asylum proceeding was thus limited in scope — a so-called "asylum...

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