Dung Ahn Tran v. Mukasey

MEMORANDUM **

Dung Ahn Tran, a native and citizen of Vietnam, petitions for review from the affirmance by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ), finding Tran not credible and denying his request for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the *601 Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.

We review both the BIA’s opinion and the IJ’s decision for substantial evidence, and may reverse the adverse credibility finding only if the evidence would have compelled a reasonable factfinder to believe Tran. See Zhou v. Gonzales, 437 F.3d 860, 864-65 (9th Cir.2006).

The adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence. The IJ and BIA both identified substantial inconsistencies between Tran’s two asylum applications and his oral testimony at the hearing. When offered an opportunity to explain why he had omitted all but one of his detentions from the first application, and why he had testified to detentions not included even in his second application, Tran explained that he forgot or thought they were not important. The detentions are the…