Surinder Saini v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Congying Yu, 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 new 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.
The agency found Yu not credible for several reasons, including her inability to recite a hymn she sang during her four years attending church gatherings in China and her inability to remember her pastor’s name. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination. See id. at 1045-48 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of circumstances”). Accordingly, in the absence of credible testimony, Yu’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).