Zuchao He v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Zuchao He petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal and denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition for review.

Petitioner challenges the BIA’s adverse credibility determination. The standards governing adverse credibility determinations under the REAL ID Act of 2005 apply. See Pub.L. No. 109-18, div. B, 119 Stat. 231 (2005); see also Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010).

We review the BIA’s adverse credibility determination for substantial evidence. Morgan v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 1202, 1206 (9th Cir.2008). Here, the BIA supported its adverse credibility determination with “specific and cogent reasons” based on specific instances in the record, Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1042-43 (internal quotation marks omitted), including Petitioner’s omissions from his asylum application, his wife and her mother’s omissions of the same events in their statements, and Petitioner’s unsatisfactory explanation for the omissions. “[E]ven minor inconsistencies, in proper circumstances, will support an adverse credibility determination,”…