Widjaja
Widjaja v. Mukasey
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Kusuma Widjaja, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination based on Widjaja’s internally inconsistent statements about whether the rioters that came to his auto shop were present when he arrived and immediately attacked him, or whether they arrived later. See Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.2007) (holding that inconsistent details about events that form the basis of a claim can support an adverse credibility finding); see also Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004) (a negative credibility finding will be upheld so long as one of the identified grounds underlying the finding is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of the asylum claim). Accordingly, Widjaja’s asylum claim fails.