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Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 10 2020 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JIAYOU SUN, No. 14-73519 Petitioner, Agency No. A087-604-898 v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted August 4, 2020** San Francisco, California Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and HAWKINS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges. Jiayou Sun, a citizen of China, petitions for re
Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 10 2020 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JIAYOU SUN, No. 14-73519 Petitioner, Agency No. A087-604-898 v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted August 4, 2020** San Francisco, California Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and HAWKINS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges. Jiayou Sun, a citizen of China, petitions for rev..
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FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
AUG 10 2020
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JIAYOU SUN, No. 14-73519
Petitioner, Agency No. A087-604-898
v.
MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 4, 2020**
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and HAWKINS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Jiayou Sun, a citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of
Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”)
decision denying his application for asylum, withholding or removal, and
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility finding, which
was based on inconsistencies in Sun’s testimony regarding when his wife was
forced to have an intrauterine device placed by the Chinese government. See
Shrestha v. Holder,
590 F.3d 1034, 1039–40 (9th Cir. 2014); see also Chawla v.
Holder,
599 F.3d 998, 1001 (9th Cir. 2010) (“Our review is limited to the BIA’s
decision concerning the adverse credibility finding.”). This inconsistency went to
the heart of Sun’s claim that he suffered persecution on account of his violation of
China’s one child policy, and thus the IJ and Board permissibly found Sun not
credible. See Li v. Holder,
738 F.3d 1160, 1163 (9th Cir. 2003). Therefore, the
denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal was supported by
substantial evidence. See
Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1047–48.
Because Sun offered no other evidence in support of his claim for protection
under the CAT apart from the testimony that the agency found not credible, the
Board properly affirmed the IJ’s denial on that claim as well. See
id. at 1049.
PETITION DENIED.
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