Kumar

Kumar v. Holder

Good Law
334 F. App'x 124
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 16, 2009No. 08-73762California261 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Rajesh Kumar (Kumar) petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture premised on the IJ’s finding that Ku-mar was not credible.

Based on the inconsistencies between Kumar’s asylum application and his testimony, Kumar’s failure to provide corroborating evidence, and the inherent implausibility of his testimony, there was substantial evidence supporting the adverse credibility determination. See Malkandi v. Holder, 576 F.3d 906, 917-18 (9th Cir.2009), as amended; see also Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1188 (9th Cir.2008); Sidhu v. I.N.S., 220 F.3d 1085, 1092 (9th Cir.2000), as amended (“[Wjhere the IJ has reason to question the applicant’s credibility, and the applicant fails to produce non-dupli-cative, material, easily available corroborating evidence and provides no credible explanation for such failure, an adverse credibility finding will withstand appellate review.”).

Kumar, therefore, is not eligible for asylum, withholding of removal, or relief pursuant to the Convention Against…

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