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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS February 20, 2006 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 04-60669 Summary Calendar DAO HUA LIN, Petitioner, v. ALBERTO R. GONZALES, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. - Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A16 057 494 - Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and OWEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Dao Hua Lin, a native and citizen of People’s Republic of China, petiti
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS February 20, 2006 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 04-60669 Summary Calendar DAO HUA LIN, Petitioner, v. ALBERTO R. GONZALES, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. - Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A16 057 494 - Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and OWEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Dao Hua Lin, a native and citizen of People’s Republic of China, petitio..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
February 20, 2006
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 04-60669
Summary Calendar
DAO HUA LIN,
Petitioner,
v.
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
BIA No. A16 057 494
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Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Dao Hua Lin, a native and citizen of People’s Republic of China, petitions for review of an
order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) decision
to deny his application for asylum, withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality
Act, withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and voluntary departure.
The IJ determined, among other things, that Lin’s testimony was not credible. The BIA affirmed,
concluding that the IJ’s credibility finding was not clearly erroneous.
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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Lin argues that the adverse credibility finding is not supported by substantial evidence. Lin
further contends that any inconsistencies in his testimony or application should not have been
considered by the IJ because they concerned minor events that were not central to his claim that his
wife’s sterilization constituted past persecution. Lin also contests the IJ’s determination that Lin’s
failure to provide the Government with the documents he planned to introduce into evidence before
the day of the hearing weighed against his credibility and resulted in the documents being given “little
weight.” The IJ provided many cogent reasons for finding that Lin was not credible, and those
reasons were amply supported by the record. See Chun v. INS,
40 F.3d 76, 79 (5th Cir. 1994). The
record thus does not compel a contrary credibility determination. See Lopez De Jesus v. INS,
312
F.3d 155, 161 (5th Cir. 2002).
Lin also contests the IJ’s conclusions that Lin (1) came to the United States for monetary
gain, (2) might have resettled in Korea, (3) did not show that he wished to have another child, and
(4) did not prove that there was country-wide persecution. However, because these determinations
concerning Lin’s eligibility for relief did not impact the IJ’s credibility determination, and because the
IJ’s credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence, we need not address them.
Lin does not challenge the determination that his asylum application was untimely, but even
if he did, we lack jurisdiction to review that determination. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2), (3). Lin also
does not appeal the denial of relief under the CAT or the denial of voluntary departure. Therefore,
those issues are waived. See Thuri v. Ashcroft,
380 F.3d 788, 793 (5th Cir. 2004).
Lin’s petition for review of the BIA’s order is DENIED.