Hong Li v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HONG LI, No. 18-70943 Petitioner, Agency No. v.

A201-040-487

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted October 21, 2020 Honolulu, Hawaii

Filed September 21, 2021

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Carlos T. Bea, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wallace SUMMARY *

Immigration

Denying Hong Li’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel held that substantial evidence supported the denial of asylum and related relief on adverse credibility grounds.

Considering the totality of the circumstances, the panel concluded that two of the Board’s four identified bases for its adverse credibility determination were supported by substantial evidence, and two were not. First, the panel concluded that the transcript did not support the Board’s determination that Li testified inconsistently regarding her treatment while in jail. Second, the panel concluded that…