Isse
Isse v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM **
Mahado Ilmi Isse, a native and citizen of Somalia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) per curiam order affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility determinations under a substantial evidence standard. Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002).
The IJ’s adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence. Isse’s incompatible statements regarding the rape of family members, the name of a brother that had been killed, and the circumstances surrounding an attack at the family home support the IJ’s credibility finding and go to the heart of Isse’s asy *155 lum claim. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001).
Isse’s challenge to BIA “streamlining” procedures is foreclosed by this Court’s decision in Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 851 (9th Cir.2003) (“[W]e conclude that it does not violate the Due Process Clause for one member of the BIA to decide an alien’s administrative appeal. Nor is it a due…