Case Name: Chandrika Jayalalane PERERA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-02-28
Citations: 463 F. App'x 52
Docket Number: No. 11-995-ag
Parties: Chandrika Jayalalane PERERA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 463
Pages: 52–54

Head Matter:
Chandrika Jayalalane PERERA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-995-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Feb. 28, 2012.
Chandrika Jayalalane Perera, pro se, Staten Island, New York, for petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Leslie McKay, Assistant Director, Jane T. Schaffner, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Chandrika Jayalalane Perera, a native and citizen of Sri Lanka, seeks review of a February 25, 2011, decision of the BIA affirming the November 20, 2008, decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Robert D. Weisel, finding that Perera was incredible and denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. In re Chandrika Jayalalane Perera, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Feb. 25, 2011), aff'g, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Nov. 20, 2008). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed both the IJ's and the BIA's opinions "for the sake of completeness." Zaman v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 233, 237 (2d Cir.2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). The applicable standards of review are well-established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir.2009).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding, following this Court's remand in 2007, that Perera knew or should have known that the doctor's letter she submitted in support of her application was inauthentic. See Perera v. Gonzales, 244 Fed.Appx. 392, 394 (2d Cir.2007) (Summary Order). At the 2008 hearing, Perera testified that she learned the document was inauthentic in February 2003, one month before the merits hearing in March 2003. As she has conceded that she knew that the letter was inauthentic before the merits hearing, and yet continued to rely on the letter as evidence of her claim, the adverse credibility determination is well-supported. See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 170-71 (2d Cir.2007) (finding that adverse credibility determination may be based on submission of false documents the alien knows, or has reason to know, are false).
Further, substantial evidence supports the IJ's finding that Perera should have known that the letter was inauthentic when she received it, because she testified that her father told her that he mailed the letter in November 2001 and the letter was dated December 2001. Although Perera has contended that she did not look at the date of the letter, this explanation does not compel the conclusion that the credibility finding must be reversed. See Ahmed v. Ashcroft, 286 F.3d 611, 612 (2d Cir.2002) ("To reverse under the substantial evidence standard, we must find that the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it") (internal quotation marks, citation, and emphasis omitted).
Moreover, although the submission of false evidence that is "wholly ancillary to the alien's claim may, in some circumstances, be insufficient by itself to warrant a conclusion that the entirety of the alien's uncorroborated material evidence is also false," Siewe, 480 F.3d at 170, the doctor's evidence was central to Perera's claim for relief, as it purported to corroborate her testimony that she was raped by government officials. Thus, the adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence, and the agency did not err in denying asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief, as those claims were all based on the same factual predicate. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).