FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
NOV 3 2020
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CORALIA DEL CARMEN CORNEJO, No. 19-72929
Petitioner, Agency No. A216-166-778
v.
MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted October 26, 2020
Portland, Oregon
Before: GRABER, CLIFTON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Coralia Del Carmen Cornejo petitions for review of the Board of
Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”)
denial of asylum and withholding of removal. We deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports at least one basis for the IJ’s adverse
credibility determination. See Lizhi Qiu v. Barr, 944 F.3d 837, 842 (9th Cir. 2019)
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
(holding that we must uphold an adverse credibility finding if substantial evidence
supports even one ground relied upon). Cornejo’s testimony was inconsistent with
declarations submitted by her mother and brother. See Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d
1061, 1071 (9th Cir. 2007) (concluding that discrepancies between petitioner’s
testimony, declaration, and letter of membership substantially supported an adverse
credibility finding). The inconsistency is not trivial: whether and when Cornejo
and her mother fled their home relates directly to the threats by gang members.
See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir. 2001) (holding that
inconsistencies relating to “the events leading up to [petitioner’s] departure and the
number of times he was arrested” substantiated an adverse credibility
determination), superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in Shrestha v.
Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1046 (9th Cir. 2010). Absent credible testimony,
Cornejo’s asylum and withholding claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d
1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003). We need not reach Cornejo’s other arguments.
PETITION DENIED.
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