Baoyan Zhou v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Baoyan Zhou, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her 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.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies between Zhou’s testimony and documents regarding both the chronology of events in her departure from China and the nature of the “guarantee” document the police had her sign during her detention. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”). Zhou’s explanations do not compel a contrary result, see Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and we reject Zhou’s contention that her documentary evidence rehabilitates her…