Qing Zhang v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Chunai Jin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her 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), and we deny the petition for review.

Among other things, the agency found Jin not credible based on inconsistencies within her testimony as to when she hid North Korean refugees and, relatedly, when the Communist Party denied her husband membership in the party. The agency also found Jin not credible based on an inconsistency between her testimony and documentary evidence as to whether she was arrested in China. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on these findings. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the “totality of the circumstances”). Jin’s…