Zhongtai Zheng v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Zhongtai Zheng, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992 (9th Cir.2003). We review de novo claims of due process violations. Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s and IJ’s denial of asylum based on an adverse credibility finding. Zheng testified inconsistently regarding matters that go to the heart of his claim, including the number of times that he was beaten by fellow inmates at the urging of the police, *708 and the timing of meetings that he had with superiors at his factory in relation to when the director of the factory was fired for corruption. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962-63 (9th…