Yu Chu v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Guanqun Zhang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 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 in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies regarding his landlord and where he first attended church in the United States. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (b) (1) (B) (iii) (under the REAL ID Act inconsistencies no longer need to go to the heart of the claim). Zhang’s explanations do not compel a contrary result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). Thus, in the absence of credible testimony, Zhang’s asylum and withholding of removal claims…