Min Liu v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Min Liu petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The BIA affirmed the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of relief based upon adverse credibility grounds.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), and we deny Liu’s petition for review.

The BIA affirmed the IJ’s adverse credibility finding because Liu (1) failed to corroborate her claim and (2) gave inconsistent testimony regarding the gender of her supervisor. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Liu failed to corroborate her claim of persecution.

Under the REAL ID Act, even assuming Liu credible, the IJ can request corroboration to support Liu’s application. See Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1044 (9th Cir.2009) (noting that 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (b)(l)(B)(ii) “says that the applicant’s credible testimony ‘may’ be sufficient without corroboration, but the trier of fact may require corroboration (unless not reasonably obtainable) even for ‘otherwise credible testimony’ ”). This court “may not reverse the IJ’s and BIA’s conclusion that [Liu]…