Case Name: Robert MANGASARYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-24
Citations: 552 F. App'x 779
Docket Number: No. 09-73950
Parties: Robert MANGASARYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: W. FLETCHER, M. SMITH, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 552
Pages: 779–780

Head Matter:
Robert MANGASARYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-73950.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 2014.
Filed Jan. 24, 2014.
Artem M. Sarian, Esquire, Sarian Law Group, APLC, Glendale, CA, for Petitioner.
Daniel Eric Goldman, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, Matthew Allan Spur-lock, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: W. FLETCHER, M. SMITH, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) adverse credibility determination is not supported by substantial evidence. The BIA relied on alleged inconsistencies in Mangasaryan's testimony regarding the sequence of events and the intervals between events, but those alleged inconsistencies are legitimately explained by the obvious difficulty Mangasaryan experienced converting dates from the Farsi calendar to the Gregorian calendar. See Zahedi v. INS, 222 F.3d 1157, 1167 (9th Cir.2000). The only arguable exception involves Mangasaryan's testimony regarding the interval between the border and store incidents, but we have held that a single inconsistency of this sort does not constitute substantial evidence. See Vilorio-Lopez v. INS, 852 F.2d 1137, 1139, 1142 (9th Cir.1988).
As we concluded in 2009 on Mangasar-yan's first appeal to this court, he may be able to show a nexus to a protected ground once his testimony is properly credited. Mangasaryan v. Holder, 334 Fed.Appx. 87, 88-89 (9th Cir.2009). We remand to the BIA to consider the merits of his asylum and withholding of removal claims, with instructions to deem his testimony credible.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.