Case Name: Mohamed Djoulde BARRY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-09-22
Citations: 346 F. App'x 696
Docket Number: No. 08-3772-ag
Parties: Mohamed Djoulde BARRY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: JOSEPH M. McLaughlin, guido calabresi, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 346
Pages: 696–697

Head Matter:
Mohamed Djoulde BARRY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-3772-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 22, 2009.
Ronald S. Salomon, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director; Janice K. Redfern, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: JOSEPH M. McLaughlin, guido calabresi, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.
. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is automatically substituted for for mer Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as respondent in this case.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner, Mohamed Djoulde Barry, a native and citizen of Guinea, seeks review of the June 30, 2008 order of the BIA affirming the October 11, 2006 decision of Immigration Judge (IJ) Sandy K. Horn pretermitting his application for asylum and denying his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). In re Mohamed Djoulde Barry, No. [ A XXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. June 30, 2008), aff'g No. [ A XXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Oct. 11, 2006). We assume the parties' familiarity with this case's underlying facts and procedural history.
When the BIA adopts the decision of the IJ and supplements the IJ's decision, this Court reviews the decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005). This Court reviews the agency's factual findings, including adverse credibility findings, under the substantial evidence standard. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also Corovic v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 90, 95 (2d Cir.2008).
We find that the IJ's adverse credibility finding was not supported by substantial evidence. The inconsistencies in Barry's testimony, considered both alone and together, do not go to the heart of the claim. Under our pre-REAL ID Act standard, which the BIA correctly noted governs this case, minor inconsistencies are not an adequate basis for an adverse credibility finding. See Secaida-Rosales v. INS, 331 F.3d 297, 308 (2d Cir.2003).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is GRANTED and the case REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.