Case Name: MEILAN LIN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-21
Citations: 324 F. App'x 586
Docket Number: No. 05-74871
Parties: MEILAN LIN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 324
Pages: 586–587

Head Matter:
MEILAN LIN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-74871.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 13, 2009.
Filed April 21, 2009.
William K. Kiang, Esq., Kiang & Kiang, San Gabriel, CA, Nancy E. Friedman, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Richard M. Evans, Esq., Paul Fiorino, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Offíce of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Meilan Lin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's denial of her application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's denial on the basis of an adverse credibility finding and will uphold the agency's decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination because Lin testified inconsistently about when and whether her parents learned that she became pregnant, and testified inconsistently with her asylum application with respect to whether she was kept overnight every night for a week at the family planning office. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (inconsistencies that go to the heart of an applicant's claim support the agency's adverse credibility determination). Accordingly, we deny Lin's withholding of removal claim.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.