Xiqin Wang v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

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469 F. App'x 517
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 24, 201208-72459California252 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Xiqin Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appqal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) 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 new standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

The IJ found Wang not credible for a number of reasons, including the implausibility that she would administer medicine she knew to be unqualified to her son, the inconsistency between her asylum application and her testimony regarding whether she was convicted for anti-government activity and disturbing the social order, and her failure to produce reasonably obtainable corroborating evidence. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See id. at 1045-48 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of the…

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