Sukhdev Mann v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Sukhdev Singh Mann, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration 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 factu al 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 grant the petition for review and remand.

Substantial evidence does not support the BIA’s adverse credibility determination, because the alleged inconsistency the BIA relied on is not supported by the record and the “omission” it relied on is not a specific and cogent reason to find Mann not credible under the totality of the circumstances. See Lai v. Holder, 773 F.3d 966, 970-976 (9th Cir.2014); see also Ren v. Holder, 648 F.3d 1079, 1089 (9th Cir.2011) (adverse credibility determination was not supported under the “totality of the circumstances”). Thus, we remand Mann’s asylum, withholding of removal,…