Hongwei Yang v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Hongwei Yang, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se 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 factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations cre ated 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 Yang’s different accounts of what officials informed him about his father’s suicide and based on inconsistencies regarding his addresses. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”). Yang’s explanations do not compel a contrary conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). We reject Yang’s contention that his documentary evidence overcomes the agency’s negative credibility finding. See Garcia v. Holder, 749 F.3d…