Felix Obidah v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Felix Oghenakogie Obidah, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act, Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Obidah claims Muslim extremists menaced and attacked him on account of his Christian religion, and police arrested and beat him on account of his political activity. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on Obidah’s omission of, and subsequent inconsistent testimony regarding, his return to Nigeria in November 2006 shortly after fleeing the country, and the inconsistencies between Obidah’s testimony and written declaration regarding his political activities. See id. at 1045-48 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable…