Vasile Filip v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Vasile Dorel Filip petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

1.Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Petitioner was not credible. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010). The BIA provided specific, cogent reasons for its adverse credibility finding, including: (1) Petitioner did not include in his application allegations that he was assaulted in front of the chief of police; (2) Petitioner provided inconsistent dates for his allegations that someone sabotaged the brakes on his car; (3) he omitted other important details from his application, including death threats, and failed to provide a plausible explanation for the omissions; and (4) when asked to clarify inconsistencies and omissions, he provided unpersuasive explanations. Those inconsistencies are permissible considerations in reaching an adverse credibility finding. See Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1056-57 (9th Cir.2010) (holding that…