Case Name: Lidia MARIOGLO, 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: 2010-09-23
Citations: 393 F. App'x 815
Docket Number: No. 09-4139-ag
Parties: Lidia MARIOGLO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: REENARAGGI, RICHARD C. WESLEY, GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 393
Pages: 815–817

Head Matter:
Lidia MARIOGLO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-4139-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 23, 2010.
Jay Ho Lee, New York, New York, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Susan K. Houser, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jacob A. Bashyrov, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: REENARAGGI, RICHARD C. WESLEY, GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Lidia Marioglo, a native of the Soviet Union and a citizen of Russia, seeks review of a September 8, 2009, order of the BIA affirming the July 22, 2008, decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Thomas J. Mulligan, denying her application for withholding of removal. In re Lidia Marioglo, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Sept. 8, 2009), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City July 22, 2008). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we review the IJ's decision as supplemented by the BIA's decision. See Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005). The applicable standards of review are well-established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 162, 165-66 (2d Cir.2008) (per curiam).
Marioglo challenges the agency's denial, on adverse credibility grounds, of her claim for withholding of removal. However, substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination. For asylum applications governed by the REAL ID Act, the agency may, considering the totality of the circumstances, base a credibility finding on an asylum applicant's "demeanor, candor, or responsiveness," the plausibility of his or her account, and inconsistencies in his or her statements, without regard to whether they go "to the heart of the applicant's claim." See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(iii); Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167 n. 4.
We defer to the IJ's finding that Mar-ioglo's "contrived" demeanor undermined her credibility. See Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 81 n. 1 (2d Cir.2005); see also Zhong v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 480 F.3d 104, 116-17 (2d Cir.2007). Additionally, the IJ reasonably based his adverse credibility determination on several discrepancies among Marioglo's testimony, her written application, and her supporting evidence.
Finally, the IJ did not err in declining to give significant weight to the medical reports Marioglo submitted in support of her claim because he reasonably determined that these documents were created eleven years after the events they describe. See Chen v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 342 (2d Cir.2006). Moreover, even if these medical reports were authentic, the IJ reasonably determined that they were outweighed by Marioglo's very demeanor. See id. at 341 (finding that the alien's failure to corroborate her claim was collateral to the IJ's finding that her "largely uncorroborated, non-credible testimony was insufficient to establish withholding of removal").
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. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 84(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).