Mutaawe
Mutaawe v. Bondi
Opinion
Opinion
facts, so we do not recount them here. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §
1252 and deny the petition.
1. The Agency’s adverse credibility determination was supported by
substantial evidence.1 Mutaawe did not plausibly explain his inconsistent testimony.
Throughout his immigration proceedings, Mutaawe consistently stated that he was
detained and beaten by the Ugandan government from July 5, 2017, to July 12, 2017.
He did not express hesitation that, as he suggested on appeal to the BIA, perhaps his
detention had actually been a different week in July 2017. At his Immigration
Hearing, Mutaawe suggested that the date the photo of the Rotary Club event was
posted may have differed from the date the event was held. But that explanation is
wholly refuted by the Government’s Exhibit 7, showing the date of the event in
question to be July 8, 2017. In the present appeal, Mutaawe offers that he suffered
head injuries that affected his memory. But there is no evidence to corroborate this
explanation. Mutaawe’s inconsistent testimony also involved “crucial date[s]”
surrounding “the very event upon which [Mutaawe] predicated his claim for asylum”
and other relief,…