Huiqing Zuo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Qun Chen and Feng Cai, natives and citizens of China, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on findings that it was implausible Chen did not know or remember the names of the other church members who were beaten, the omission from her declaration of the fact that the police visited her home after she was released from detention, and the inconsistency between her testimony and the documentary evidence regarding when she was released from detention. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was supported by the “totality of the circumstances”). The record does not compel acceptance of…