Case Name: HE HUANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-29
Citations: 389 F. App'x 716
Docket Number: No. 07-75046
Parties: HE HUANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 716–717

Head Matter:
HE HUANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-75046.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 19, 2010.
Filed July 29, 2010.
Kevin G. Long, Law Offices of Long and Associates, Monterey Park, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Carol Federighi, Esquire, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
He Huang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Guo v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1194, 1199 (9th Cir.2004), and we grant the petition for review, and remand.
Substantial evidence does not support the agency's adverse credibility determination because the inconsistencies identified by the agency regarding how Huang obtained his B-l visa, whether his documents were mailed to him eight or twelve months after his arrival in the United States, and whether the Chinese doctor ordered two weeks of rest are minor and do not got to the heart of his claim of religious persecution. See id. at 1201. Furthermore, lack of authentication of Huang's employment termination notice is an insufficient reason for deeming it unreliable. See Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1254 (9th Cir.2003). Finally, because none of the agency's adverse credibility findings is supported, Huang was not required to provide corroboration. See Marcos v. Gonzales, 410 F.3d 1112, 1118 (9th Cir.2005) (where an agency's adverse credibility determination is insufficiently supported, petitioner is not required to provide corroboration to establish facts to which he testified).
Accordingly, we grant the petition for review, and remand for the agency to consider Huang's claims for relief, taking his testimony as true. See Soto-Olarte v. Holder, 555 F.3d 1089, 1093-96 (9th Cir.2009); see also INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.