Yinsheng Wang v. Holder

MEMORANDUM **

The facts of this case are known to the parties and we do not repeat' them here, except as is necessary to explain our decision. Yin Sheng Wang petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) affirmance, without opinion, of an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.

The record in this case is replete with inconsistencies between Wang’s testimony before the agency and his asylum declaration, as well as other inconsistencies between the same, testimony and Wang’s 2004 visa application. 1 In light of these inconsistencies as well as Wang’s failure to provide readily available corroborating evidence requested by the IJ, we cannot conclude that the I J’s adverse credibility finding — and his consequent decision that Wang had failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum — was unsupported by substantial evidence. See Malkandi v. Mukasey, 544 F.3d 1029, 1040 (9th Cir.2008) (“[W]e may reverse a BIA credibility determination only if the evidence that the petitioner presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could…