Reddy

Reddy v. Mukasey

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273 F. App'x 674
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 16, 2008No. 05-70555California333 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Manikam Reddy (Reddy) petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture. Reddy also appeals the IJ’s denial of voluntary departure, and seeks a motion to reopen or remand based on his recent marriage to a U.S. citizen.

1. Based on the material inconsistencies between Reddy’s asylum application and his testimony, his failure to produce corroborating evidence, his non-responsiveness, and his testimony concerning events not included in his asylum application, there was substantial evidence supporting the adverse credibility determination. See Chebchoub v. I.N.S., 257 F.3d 1038, 1045 (9th Cir.2001) (“The Board had reason to question [Reddy’s] credibility, it supplied specific reasons that related to the basis for his claim, and he failed to produce non-duplicative, material, easily available corroborating evidence and gave no explanation for such failure.”) (citations omitted); see also Alvarez-Santos v. I.N.S., 332 F.3d 1245, 1254 (9th Cir.2003) (concluding that adverse credibility…

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