Chunli Wu v. Ashcroft

*174 MEMORANDUM **

Chunli Wu, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for review of the streamlined decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, which affirmed without opinion the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying her claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). 1 We deny the petition.

The denial of petitioner’s asylum claim was based on an adverse credibility determination, the key component of which was that petitioner had submitted a counterfeit document in support of her claim. Based on the report of a U.S. consular official, the IJ found that Wu’s certificates purporting to confirm that she was made to undergo a forced abortion were “poor quality counterfeits.” Those certificates, obviously, go to the heart of her claim. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 745 (9th Cir.2004). Thus, we conclude that the IJ’s rejection of Wu’s asylum claim on the basis of lack of credibility is supported by substantial evidence. Id.

Wu also contends that she was deprived of due process at her removal hearing because of the surprise introduction of the consular official’s letter attesting to…