Ojo
Ojo v. Holder
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*612 MEMORANDUM **
Oreoluwa Ajoke Ojo, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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 review de novo questions of law. Liu v. Holder, 640 F.3d 918, 925 (9th Cir.2011). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination based on numerous discrepancies between Ojo’s statement and testimony, within her testimony, and between her testimony and other record evidence related to her alleged political party membership and alleged incidents of harm by her ex-husband. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of the…