Yueming Zeng v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner Yueming Zeng, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing Zeng’s appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under Article III of the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based on inconsistencies in Zeng’s testimony and between her testimony and documentary evidence. See Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1046-47 (9th Cir.2010). Moreover, the record does not compel a finding that Zeng provided sufficient corroboration for her claim. See Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1046 (9th Cir.2009). The record also does not compel the conclusion that further corroboration was not reasonably obtainable. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1047-48 .

The BIA found that Zeng failed to show that she was subjected to persecution on account of a protected ground. Therefore, the agency properly denied Zeng’s claim for asylum. See id. at 1048 . Because Zeng cannot meet the…