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Summary: 10-3914-ag Qu v. Holder BIA Nelson, IJ A094 939 048 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOT
Summary: 10-3914-ag Qu v. Holder BIA Nelson, IJ A094 939 048 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTA..
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10-3914-ag
Qu v. Holder
BIA
Nelson, IJ
A094 939 048
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER
FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF
APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER
IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN
ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY
ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
New York, on the 8th day of May, two thousand twelve.
PRESENT:
ROSEMARY S. POOLER,
RICHARD C. WESLEY,
RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR.,
Circuit Judges.
_______________________________________
LI QING QU,
Petitioner,
v. 10-3914-ag
NAC
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
______________________________________
FOR PETITIONER: Li Qing Qu, Pro Se, New York, NY
FOR RESPONDENT: Tony West, Assistant Attorney
General; Linda S. Wernery, Assistant
Director, William C. Minick, Office
of Immigration Litigation, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington
D.C.
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a
Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review
is DENIED.
Li Qing Qu, a native and citizen of the People’s
Republic of China, seeks review of the August 27, 2010,
order of the BIA affirming the October 23, 2008, decision of
Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Barbara A. Nelson denying her
application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief
under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Li Qing
Qu, No. A094 939 048 (B.I.A. Aug. 27, 2010), aff’g No. A094
939 048 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Oct. 23, 2008). We assume the
parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and
procedural history in this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed
both the BIA’s and IJ’s opinions. See Yun-Zui Guan v.
Gonzales,
432 F.3d 391, 394 (2d Cir. 2005). The applicable
standards of review are well-established. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252(b)(4)(B); Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey,
534 F.3d 162, 165-
66 (2d Cir. 2008).
The agency’s adverse credibility determination is based
on substantial evidence given inconsistencies in and among
Qu’s testimony, credible fear interview, and written
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application. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii); see also
Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167. For example, Qu’s testimony
that she was forced to undergo an abortion in December 2007
was inconsistent with the statements in her written
application and credible fear interview that the forced
abortion occurred in December 2006. Furthermore, she
testified inconsistently as to when the Chinese family
planning officials came to her home, and gave implausible
testimony that, at only one month pregnant, her neighbors
reported her to those officials because her “belly was big.”
Given these inconsistencies, the agency’s adverse
credibility determination is supported by substantial
evidence, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii); Xiu Xia Lin, 534
F.3d at 167, and provided an adequate basis for denying Qu’s
application for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT
relief, see Paul v. Gonzales,
444 F.3d 148, 155-57 (2d Cir.
2006) (noting that, when asylum, withholding of removal, and
CAT relief, are based on the same factual assertions, an
adverse credibility finding regarding those assertions
forecloses all forms of relief).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is
DENIED.
FOR THE COURT:
Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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