She Mei Lin v. Ashcroft

MEMORANDUM ***

She Mei Lin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of *641 Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal of the immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (the “Convention”). The permanent rules of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 apply, see Castro-Espinosa v. Ashcroft, 257 F.3d 1130 , 1131 n. 1 (9th Cir.2001) (order), and we deny the petition.

We review credibility findings of the BIA for substantial evidence and we uphold the adverse credibility finding unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility finding because She Mei Lin presented contradictory evidence regarding his wife whom he claims was forcibly sterilized. For example, She Mei Lin produced a marriage certificate that lists his wife’s name as Ya Mei Wang and birth date as December 10, 1967. The sterilization certificate, however, is in the name of Xiao Qin Wang, whose birth date is May 10, 1964, and who lives at…