Yue Qi Li v. Mukasey

MEMORANDUM **

Yue Qi Li, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), we deny the petition for review.

Assuming without deciding that Li’s asylum application was timely filed, we nevertheless conclude that the agency’s adverse credibility determination is adequately supported by the record. The letter Li submitted from Alhambra True Light Presbyterian Church to substantiate the *993 religious basis of his claim contains undis-putedly false representations. Li did not adequately explain why he submitted this inauthentic letter or claim that he was unaware of its contents. Cf. Yeimane-Berhe v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 907, 911 (9th Cir.2004). Similarly, the certificate of baptism was concededly not accurate: Li testified he obtained the document after applying for asylum, yet the certificate has an issuance date several years earlier, and is from a church other…