Case Name: MING GAO WU, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-23
Citations: 172 F. App'x 381
Docket Number: No. 04-6607-AG NAC
Parties: MING GAO WU, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Respondents.
Judges: PRESENT: Hon. DENNIS JACOBS, Hon. ROBERT D. SACK, and Hon. PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 172
Pages: 381–382

Head Matter:
MING GAO WU, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Respondents.
No. 04-6607-AG NAC.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
March 23, 2006.
Sunit K. Joshi, New York, New York, for Petitioner.
Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas, Tim S. Braley, Assistant United States Attorney, Houston, Texas, for Respondent.
PRESENT: Hon. DENNIS JACOBS, Hon. ROBERT D. SACK, and Hon. PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.
. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is automatically substituted for former Attorney General John Ashcroft as the respondent in this case.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Ming Gao Wu petitions for review of a final order of the BIA affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision, which denied his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
This Court reviews the IJ's decision directly where, as here, the BIA summarily adopted or affirmed the IJ decision without opinion. See Twum v. INS, 411 F.3d 54, 58 (2d Cir.2005). This Court reviews the agency's factual findings under the substantial evidence standard. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Jin Hui Gao v. United States Att'y Gen., 400 F.3d 963, 964 (2d Cir.2005); Zhou Yun Zhang v. INS, 386 F.3d 66, 73-79 (2d Cir.2004); Ramsameachire v. Ashcroft, 357 F.3d 169, 178-83 (2d Cir.2004); Secaida-Rosales v. INS, 331 F.3d 297, 306-13 (2d Cir.2003); Diallo v. INS, 232 F.3d 279, 287-88 (2d Cir.2000).
The IJ's decision on remand from the BIA was based on substantial evidence, and, as such, the BIA was correct to affirm it.
In that decision, the IJ stated valid criticisms she had with the weight of certain documents and the absence of others. She also noted two inconsistencies between Wu's testimony and his supporting documents that were borne out by the record. Wu's testimony that neither he nor his wife objected to the initial IUD insertion was contradicted by his wife's statement that they "refused to comply with the order." Further, Wu's wife's specific account of the details could be viewed, as it was by the IJ, as being in conflict with Wu's prior testimony that she had experienced memory loss as a result of the procedure.
The IJ's decision to deny withholding of removal on the adverse credibility finding made as to the asylum claim was proper, as the only evidence of a threat to Wu's life or freedom depended upon his credibility. See Wu Biao Chen v. INS, 344 F.3d 272, 275 (2d Cir.2003). The IJ's decision to deny CAT relief on a finding that Wu had "failed to present evidence that [he] ever suffered torture or that it is more likely than not that he would suffer torture, if forced to return [to China]" was proper. See Ramsameachire, 357 F.3d at 184 (the agency is required to consider "all evidence of possible torture proffered by the alien, regardless of the weight it accords the alien's testimony.")
Accordingly, the petition for review is DENIED.
Having 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 DENIED 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(d)(1).