Kaur

Kaur v. Holder

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357 F. App'x 918
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 14, 2009No. 07-70596California296 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Gurminder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judges’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility determinations for substantial evidence, Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741 (9th Cir.2007), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based upon Kaur’s internally inconsistent testimony as to whether the police told her how they thought she was working against the government. See id. at 741^12 (inconsistency goes to the heart of the claim if it concerns events central to petitioner’s version of why she was persecuted). Substantial evidence further supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based upon the inconsistency between Kaur’s declaration and her testimony regarding whether her brother, who Kaur testified was also targeted by the police, was at home when the police came to the house after Kaur’s release from detention, see Kohli v.…

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