Hui Liu v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Hui Liu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) 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), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination based on an inconsistency between Liu’s testimony and visa documents regarding the chronology of his alleged arrests and use of a false story to obtain a visa, and based on his unresponsiveness when confronted with the inconsistency. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”). We reject Liu’s contention that the agency failed to give proper weight to his documentary evidence, see Garcia v. Holder, 749 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2014) (documents not…