Abdi Ali v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Abdi Barkadle Ali, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, 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”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 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 in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination in light of inconsistencies between Ali’s written application and his testimony regarding whether he suffered beatings during his first arrest and detention, the length of that detention, and whether the authorities arrested him a third time in July, 2009. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility finding reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”); see also Jiang v. Holder, 754 F.3d 733, 738-40 (9th Cir. 2014) (single inconsistency between declaration and testimony supported…