Case Name: Xiaoyan BA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-10-18
Citations: 146 F. App'x 212
Docket Number: No. 04-73198; Agency No. A95-179-320
Parties: Xiaoyan BA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before HALL, T.G. NELSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 146
Pages: 212–213

Head Matter:
Xiaoyan BA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-73198.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 11, 2005.
Decided Oct. 18, 2005.
Derrick S. Eihausen, Angel Avans Eihausen, PA, Ft. Meyers, FL, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Richard M. Evans, Esq., Nancy E. Friedman, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before HALL, T.G. NELSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Xiaoyan Ba, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summary affirmance without opinion of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the IJ's decision for substantial evidence, Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 861 (9th Cir.1995), and we deny the petition for review.
The "sum total" of the inconsistencies within Ba's testimony, and between her testimony and written statement, regarding her practice of Falun Gong, provide substantial evidence to support the BIA's adverse credibility finding. Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 940 (9th Cir.2000). Moreover, we give special deference to the IJ's demeanor finding. Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999) (IJ is in the position to observe the testimony of many petitioners).
In the absence of credible testimony, Ba failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal or relief under the CAT. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156-57 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.