09-4399-ag
Zhang v. Holder
BIA
Nelson, IJ
A099 934 675
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.
1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
3 United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
4 New York, on the 7 th day of July, two thousand ten.
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6 PRESENT:
7 GUIDO CALABRESI,
8 ROBERT A. KATZMANN,
9 PETER W. HALL,
10 Circuit Judges.
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13 FA CHANG ZHANG,
14 Petitioner,
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16 v. 09-4399-ag
17 NAC
18 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR.,
19 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL,
20 Respondent.
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23 FOR PETITIONER: Gary J. Yerman, New York, New York.
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25 FOR RESPONDENT: Melody K. Eaton, Trial Attorney (for
26 Tony West, Assistant Attorney
27 General, and Aviva L. Poctzer,
28 Senior Litigation Counsel), Office
29 of Immigration Litigation, United
30 States Department of Justice,
31 Washington, D.C.
1 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a
2 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby
3 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that the petition for review
4 is DENIED.
5 Fa Chang Zhang, a native and citizen of the People’s
6 Republic of China, seeks review of a September 30, 2009,
7 order of the BIA affirming the March 19, 2008, decision of
8 Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Barbara A. Nelson, which denied
9 Zhang’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and
10 relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re
11 Fa Chang Zhang, No. A099 934 675 (BIA Sept. 30, 2009), aff’g
12 No. A099 934 675 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Mar. 19, 2008). We
13 assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts
14 and procedural history in this case.
15 Under the circumstances of this case, we review the
16 decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen
17 v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005). The
18 applicable standards of review are well-established.
19 See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534
20 F.3d 162, 165-66 (2d Cir. 2008); Bah v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d
21 99, 110 (2d Cir. 2008).
22 Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse
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1 credibility determination. See Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at
2 165-66. The IJ reasonably relied on petitioner’s omission
3 from his asylum application and his wife’s omission from her
4 first letter of any claim that he was beaten on account of
5 his resistance to China’s family planning policy. Although
6 petitioner argues that he failed to include this information
7 in his application because he thought it was unnecessary, in
8 the circumstances of this case, that argument does not
9 compel us to find error in the IJ’s decision. Id.
10 Accordingly, the IJ’s adverse credibility determination was
11 supported by substantial evidence. See 8 U.S.C.
12 §§ 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii), 1252(b)(4)(B).
13 Because petitioner’s claims were all based on the same
14 factual predicate, the agency’s adverse credibility
15 determination was a proper basis for denial of his
16 application for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT
17 relief. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.
18 2006).
19 For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is
20 DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of
21 removal that the Court previously granted in this petition
22 is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in
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1 this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for
2 oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with
3 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second
4 Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).
5 FOR THE COURT:
6 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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