Mejia

MEMORANDUM **

Olman Rosendo Mejia Mejia, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Mejia has not raised any challenge to the agency’s dispositive finding that his asylum claim is time-barred. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived).

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination because Mejia’s testimony was both internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the documentary evidence regarding the timing of his political activities and his attack. See Singh v. Holder, 638 F.3d…