N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT YUHUA GUAN,

Pe t i tione r,
v. W ILLIAM P. B ARR , Attorne y Ge ne ra l, R e sponde nt. No. 18-71096 Age n c y No. A205-773-121
M EM O R ANDUM *

On Pe tition for Re vie w of a n Orde r of the B oa rd of Im m igration Appe a ls Subm itte d Fe brua

ry 6, 2020 ** Honolulu, Ha

wa ii B e fore : FAR

R IS, M c KEOW

N, a nd B ADE, C irc uit Judge s. Pe titione r Yuhua

Gua n c la im s pa st pe rse c ution by virtue of a

forc e d a bortion in C hina and c l a im s a

future fe ar of ste riliz ation if forc e d to re turn to C hina be c a use she viola

te d C hina ’ s fam ily

pla nning polic ie s and a lre a dy ha s two
c hildre n. 

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* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.

* * The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without ora l a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2).Our re vie w of the re c ord e sta blishe s inc onsiste nc ie s suffic ie nt to support the
a ge nc y ’ s a dve rse c re dibility finding. W e re vie w for substa ntia l e vide nc e , a

nd
re vie w only

“ those pa rts of the IJ’ s a dve rse c re dibility findings on which the B IA
re lie d.” Lizhi Qiu v . Barr , 944 F.3d 837, 842 (9th C ir. 2019). TheB IA ha d substa ntia l e vide nc e to de ny

Gua n’ s c re dibility

ba se d on inc onsiste nc ie s pe rta ining to two ke y

pie c e s of doc um e nta

ry e vide nc e
— an outpa

tie n t m e dic a l re c ord a

nd Gua n’ s la bor a gre e m e nt with the

hospita l in whic h she worke d. The m e dic a l
re c o rd, a s initia lly

subm itte d, c onta ine d no biogra phic a l inform ation pe rta ining to Gua n wha tsoe v e r, de spite the pre se nc e of bla nk spa c e s on the c ove r pa ge re que s ting suc h inform ation. B y the tim e Gua

n subm i tte d the sam e re c ord a
se c o nd tim e , the biogra

phic a l inform ation on the c o v e r pa ge ha d be e n fille d in by ha nd. This substa

ntia l irre gula

rity pe rm itte d

the a ge nc y

to disc ount theva lidity
and proba tive va lue of the doc um e nt. The la bor a gre e m e nt a

ppe are d to be
a uthe ntic , but it c o nflic te d with he r te stim ony . Gua n a lle g e d tha

t she sta rte d work in Oc tobe r of 2011, while the c ontra c t liste d a sta rt date in Ja

nua ry of 2012. B oth of the s e m ate ria l inc onsiste nc ie s we nt to thehe art of Gua n’ s c la im for
a sy lum
. Se e Shre

stha v . Holde r , 590 F.3d 1034, 1046–47 (9th C ir. 2010) (e xpla ining tha

t “ whe n a n inc onsiste nc y

is a t the he art of the c la im

it doubtle ss is of gre at we ight” ). The m e dic a l re c ord wa s the only doc um e nta

ry e vide nc e tha

t
2Gua

n ha d unde rgone a

forc e d a bortion, a nd it a ppe are d to be doc t ore d. The
e m ploy m e nt c ontra c t re fute d he r te stim ony that she worke d at the hospita l at the tim e of the a

bortion. Sinc e she c la im s to ha ve be e n subje c te d

to the forc e d
a bortion by

he r e m ploy e r, the la

bor a gre e m e nt dire c t ly

c ontra dic ts he r c la im s. He r e xpla nation of the se diffe re n c e s wa s de fic ie nt. The B IA’ s a dve rse c re dibility finding wa s supporte d by substa ntia l e vide nc e . W ithout c re dible te stim o ny , a nd be c a use the doc um e nta

ry e v ide nc e a lone doe s not c om

pe l the c onc lusion tha

t Gua n is like ly to be torture d

if re turne d to C hina , we a lso hold tha

t the B IA ha d substa

ntia l e vide n c e to de ny

Gua n’ s c l a im for C AT re lie f. Se e id. at 1048–49; 8 C .F.R . § 1208.16(c )(2). W e a lso re je c t Gua n’ s fina l a rgum e nt tha

t a ty pogra phic a l e rror in the B IA’ s de c i sion re quire s re m and. Whe n the de c ision is re a d in c onte x t, it is c le ar that the B IA a gre e d with theIJ’ s ana ly sis a nd de nie d Gua

n ’ s c la im s. The B IA’ s de c i sion wa s suffic i e nt in a ll
re spe c ts, a

nd re m and would befutile and unne c e ssa ry .
PE T IT IO N FO R RE V IE W DE NIE D.

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