Carballo-Galindo
Carballo-Galindo v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Alberto Carballo-Galindo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence. Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 847, 850-51 (9th Cir.2004). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and remand.
Substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility finding because Carballo-Galindo’s testimony was inconsistent. Cf. Vera-Villegas v. INS, 330 F.3d 1222, 1281-34 (9th Cir.2003). For instance, Carballo-Galindo testified that between 1989 and 1992 or 1993 he lived with his wife’s relatives on Maple Street, and then rented a room on Washington Street in 1992 or 1993. He then testified inconsistently that his wife entered the United States in 1990, that when she arrived they lived together in the rented room on Washington Street, and that he could not remember if they had lived together for two or three years with her relatives on Maple Street before moving into the rented room. He was also…