Yueqi Cao v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Yueqi Cao petitions for review of a Board of Immigrations Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing her appeal of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) based upon an adverse credibility determination. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a) and deny the petition for review.

The BIA found no clear error in the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. We agree. The adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Monjaraz-Munoz v. INS, 327 F.3d 892, 895 (9th Cir.2003), which included Cao’s unreliable testimony about her residency, employment, and surgery; questionable documentary evidence; failure to corroborate documentary evidence with testimony from her husband and family relative, both of whom were living in the United States, and to explain their inability to testify, see Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1092 (9th Cir.2000); and lack of specificity in her declaration, cf. Aguilera-Cota v. INS, 914 F.2d 1375, 1382 (9th Cir.1990) (explaining that…