N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT YANC I C ARM INA C OR VER A-ARIAS; KEIR Y STEFANIE M ENDOZAC OR VER A, AKA Ka

te y Ste fanie M e ndoz a -C orve ra ; YANC I M IC HELLE M ENDOZA-C O R

VER A, Pe t i tione rs, v. W ILLIAM P. B ARR , Attorne y Ge ne ra l, R e sponde nt. No. 17-73469 Age n c y Nos. A206-797-271

A206-797-272 A206-797-273 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 August 4, 2020 ** B e fore : GR

AB E R , TALLM AN, a

nd C LIFTON, C irc uit Judge s. Pe titioners Ya

n c i C arm ina

C orve ra -Aria s a

nd he r m inor c hildre n se e k re vie w of the B oa

rd of Im m igration Appe a ls’ orde r dism issing the ir a ppe a l from

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# FIL ED AUG 6 2020 M OLLY C. DW Y E R, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* 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 oral a

rgum e nt. Se eFe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2).im

m igration judge ’ s de nia l of a sy lum , withholding of re m ova l , a nd prote c tion unde r the C onve ntion Against Torture . W e de ny the pe tition. The IJ found C orve ra -Aria s’ s te stim ony not c re dible and the B IA a d opte d and a ffirm e d this de c ision. W e re vie w a n a dve rse c re dibility

finding for substa

ntia l e vide nc e . Lianhua J

iang v . Holde r , 754 F.3d 733, 738 (9th C ir. 2014) . C orve ra Aria s’ s a c c ount of he r flight from he r a b usive pa rtne r c o nta ine d a

signific ant inc o nsiste nc y . She te stifie d tha t she live d with he r a

busivepa rtne r until just se

ve ra l da y s be fore fle e ing El Sa lva dor, but he r a pplic at ion for a sy lum

sta t e d tha t she ha d live d with he r siste r for the five m onths pre c e ding he r flight from the c ountry . Whe n re m i nde d

of what ha d

be e n sta te d in thea

pplic ation for a sy lum , C orve ra Aria s c onfirm e d she ha d live d with he r siste r for five m onths. TheIJ re q ue ste d a n e xpla nation for theinc o n siste n c y and found C orve ra -Aria s’ s a nswe r of m e m ory loss unsa tisfa c t ory , give n

tha t she ha d provide d de ta ile d a c c ounts of e v e nts tha t ha d ha ppe ne d y e ars be fore . The IJ wa s not re q uire d to a c c e pt C orve ra -Aria s’ s e xpla nation. C orte z-Pine da v . Holde r , 610 F.3d 1118, 1124 (9th C ir. 2010). Substa ntia l e vide nc e supporte d the IJ’ s a dve rse c re dibility de t e rm i nat ion a

nd thus the d e nia l of a sy lum

and withholding of re

m ova l. W e a lso re vie w a

de nia l of C AT re lie f for substa ntia l e v ide nc e . S

hre stha v . Holde r , 590 F.3d 1034, 1048 (9th C ir. 2010). “ [W ] he n the pe titione r’ s te stim ony is 2found not c re dible , to re ve rse the B IA’ s de c i sion de ny ing C A T prote c tion, we

would ha ve to find tha

t the [c ountry

c onditions] re ports a lone c om pe l le d the c onc lusion tha

t the pe titioner is m ore like ly tha n not to betorture d.” Id. at 1048–49 (inte rna l quota

t ion m a rks omitte d). The re ports he re do not c om p e l suc h a c onc lusion. Amo n g othe r things, they note tha t the gove rnm e nt of El Sa lva d or ha s c rim ina liz e d dom e stic viole nc e and thus doe s not a c quie sc e in suc h c onduc t. Se e Arte aga v . Muk

ase y , 511 F.3d 940, 948 (9th C ir. 2007) (“ Ape titione r se e king C AT re lie f m ust show tha

t it is mo re like ly

tha n not tha t he will betorture d upon re m ova l, a

nd tha t the torture will beinflic te d at the instiga tion of, or with the c onse nt or a c quie s c e nc e of, the gove rnm e nt.” ). Substa ntia l e vide n c e supporte d the de nia l of C AT prote c tion. PE T IT IO N FO R RE V IE WDE NIE D .

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