Case Name: LAN YAN, 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: 2011-01-19
Citations: 406 F. App'x 521
Docket Number: No. 09-5098-ag
Parties: LAN YAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: REENA RAGGI, GERARD E. LYNCH, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 406
Pages: 521–522

Head Matter:
LAN YAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-5098-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 19, 2011.
Gerald Karikari, Law Office of Gerald Karikari, P.C., New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; David V. Bernal, Assistant Director; Anthony C. Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: REENA RAGGI, GERARD E. LYNCH, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner, Lan Yan, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a November 18, 2009, order of the BIA affirming the March 12, 2008, decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Douglas B. Schoppert denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Lan Yan, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Nov. 18, 2009), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Mar. 12, 2008). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
'Where the BIA adopts an IJ's decision, we review the IJ's factual findings, including adverse credibility determinations, under the substantial evidence standard, treating them as 'conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.' " Corovic v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 90, 95 (2d Cir.2008), quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also Shu Wen Sun v. BIA, 510 F.3d 377, 380 (2d Cir.2007) ("we undertake a highly deferential review of the IJ's findings," including adverse credibility determinations (internal quotation marks omitted))
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility determination. The IJ reasonably found Yan not credible because: (1) her testimony that she was detained for three days was contradicted by her asylum application in which she indicated that she had never been detained; (2) in her credible fear interview, her application, and her testimony, she gave conflicting accounts of the gender, birth order, and birth dates of her two children, and she has offered only incredible explanations for those inconsistencies; and (3) she admitted at her hearing that she lied to immigration officials, giving yet another conflicting account of her children's gender to avoid removal. See Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 162, 166-167 (2d Cir.2008). Moreover, a reasonable factfinder would not have been compelled to credit her explanations for the inconsistency and falsehood. See Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 80-81 (2d Cir.2005). Additionally, the IJ's unchallenged finding that Yan failed to provide adequate corroborating evidence to rehabilitate her otherwise incredible testimony provides further support for the IJ's adverse credibility determination. See Biao Yang v. Gonzales, 496 F.3d 268, 273 (2d Cir.2007).
The IJ's adverse credibility determination was fatal to her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 157 (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.