440 F. App'x 543

QINGZHEN WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

No. 08-70660.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 15, 2011.*

Filed June 27, 2011.

Thomas J. Tarigo, Esquire, Law Offices of Thomas J. Tarigo, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

*544David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Keith Ian McManus, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

Qingzhen Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act, Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on discrepancies between Wang’s testimony and her supporting documentation regarding whether she continued to have contact with other church members despite continuous police supervision, and where she was treated for her alleged injuries. See id. at 1040-44 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of the circumstances”); Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (adverse credibility determination supported in part based on inconsistencies relating to the events leading up to petitioner’s departure). In the absence of credible testimony, Wang’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

Qingzhen Wang v. Holder
440 F. App'x 543

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Qingzhen Wang v. Holder
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Jun 27, 2011
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