Rupinder Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Debing Ye, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immi gration Appeals’ (“BIA”) 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). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistency between Ye’s testimony and household registration regarding when and why his wife’s registration was can-celled, and based on the implausibility that Ye and his wife would leave their children in China despite a loan shark’s threats to kill Ye’s wife and children, when Ye testified the reason his wife fled China was because of these threats. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality-of the circumstances” standard); see also Cui…