Jiangyuan Hu v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JIANGYUAN HU,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-72092
Agency No. A099-400-070
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 13, 2014**
Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Jiangyuan Hu, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum. We have
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the
FILED
MAY 27 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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agency’s factual findings. Hu v. Holder, 652 F.3d 1011, 1016 (9th Cir. 2011). We
grant and remand.
Hu testified police told him they arrested and detained him because he was
“spreading words” against the communist party leadership and the government,
and he provided evidence he was laid off because he “instigated the workers” and
“slandered the party leader.” The record compels the conclusion that “one central
reason” for the harm inflicted on Hu was his actual and/or imputed political
opinion. See id. at 1017-20 (9th Cir. 2011). Thus, we grant the petition and
remand Hu’s asylum claim for further proceedings consistent with this disposition.
See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
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