Junyan Liu v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Junyan Liu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his 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 for substantial evidence factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the Real ID Act, Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination based on Liu’s inconsistent testimony regarding whether family planning officials believed his children were twins and whether having twins violated the family planning policy, and based on an inconsistency regarding the issuance of his household registration booklet. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1046-47 . The BIA was not compelled to accept Liu’s explanations for the inconsistencies. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011). We reject Liu’s contention that the BIA improperly discounted his documents because the…