Harjinder Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Jiedi Feng, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se 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, Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1054 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review. Because Feng filed her application before May 11, 2005, we apply pre-REAL ID Act rules. See Rizk v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1083 , 1087 n. 2 (9th Cir.2011).

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistency between Feng’s testimony and her written statement regarding where she lived and her interactions with the police during the time between her arrest and her departure from China. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (inconsistencies regarding events leading up to petitioner’s departure went to the heart of claim and supported adverse credibility finding). Feng’s contention that she was not given an opportunity to…