Laixing Wang v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM .

We grant respondent’s motion to reinstate proceedings.

Laixing Wang, 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 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, Skrestha 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 Wang’s vague testimony and inconsistencies between Wang’s asylum application and his testimony regarding his alleged detentions and employment termination. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”). Wang’s explanations do not compel a contrary conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s determination that, even…