Carlos Torres-Romero v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Carlos Mauricio Torres-Romero, a native and citizen of El Salvador, 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. 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). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistencies between Torres-Romero’s testimony and the police report regarding when police arrived on the scene to investigate the alleged home invasion, and whether the police made an arrest. See id. at 1046-48 (inconsistency regarding underlying events supported adverse credibility determination which was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of the circumstances” standard). Torres-Romero was unable to explain the inconsistencies. See id. at 1047 . In the absence of credible testimony, Torres-Romero’s asylum and withholding…