Gamal Ibrahim v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Gamal Moustafa Ibrahim, a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on Ibrahim’s inconsistent testimony regarding when he signed the online petition that he alleges caused police to question his son. See id. at 1046-47 (“Although inconsistencies no longer need to go to the heart of the petitioner’s claim, when an inconsistency is at the heart of the claim it doubtless is of great weight.”); Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741-42 (9th Cir.2007) (upholding an adverse credibility finding where inconsistent evidence was submitted regarding a crucial date upon which the alien…