Case Name: Moussa BARRY, 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: 2013-07-16
Citations: 530 F. App'x 15
Docket Number: No. 12-708
Parties: Moussa BARRY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: JON O. NEWMAN, PIERRE N. LEVAL and JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 530
Pages: 15–17

Head Matter:
Moussa BARRY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-708.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
July 16, 2013.
Bibiana C. Andrade, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Paul Fiorino, Senior Litigation Counsel; Judith R. O’Sullivan, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: JON O. NEWMAN, PIERRE N. LEVAL and JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Moussa Barry, a native and citizen of Burkina Faso, seeks review of a January 26, 2012, decision of the BIA affirming the July 29, 2010, decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Alan A. Vomacka, which denied his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Moussa Barry, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Jan. 26, 2012), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig.Ct.N.Y.City July 29, 2010). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed the IJ's decision as modified by the BIA decision. See Xue Hong Yang v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 426 F.3d 520, 522 (2d Cir.2005). The applicable standards of review are well-established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir.2009).
For applications such as Barry's, governed by the amendments made to the Immigration and Nationality Act by the REAL ID Act of 2005, the agency may, considering the totality of the circumstances, base a credibility determination on "the consistency of [the applicant's] statements with other evidence of record [ ], without regard to whether an inconsistency, inaccuracy, or falsehood goes the heart of the applicant's claim." 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(iii); see also Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 162, 167 (2d Cir.2008) (per curiam).
The agency found that Barry was incredible, in part, because his testimony about the number of attackers in an alleged incident differed from his asylum application. Barry does not dispute the inconsistency, but contends that "his responses" were affected by interpretation problems during the hearing, including the IJ's inappropriate interjection of his personal knowledge of the French language. However, because the government correctly asserts that Barry failed to exhaust these arguments before the agency, we do not consider them. See Lin Zhong v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 480 F.3d 104, 118-20 (2d Cir.2007).
Barry also contends that the agency erred by ignoring some of his corroboration and failing to inquire about missing evidence. However, the agency permissibly required additional rehabilitative corroboration, without enumerating each piece of evidence, because it had reasonably called his testimony into question. See Biao Yang v. Gonzales, 496 F.3d 268, 273 (2d Cir.2007) (per curiam); Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 341-42 (2d Cir.2006).
Accordingly, we defer to the agency's adverse credibility determination. Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167. As the only evidence of a threat to Barry's life or freedom depended on his credibility, the adverse credibility determination in this case is dispositive of his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156-57 (2d Cir.2006); Xue Hong Yang v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 426 F.3d 520, 523 (2d Cir.2005).
Finally, Barry contends that remand is required because of the ineffective assistance of his attorney before the agency. This argument is also unexhausted. Lin Zhong, 480 F.3d at 119. If his prior attorney was ineffective in his representation of Barry before the IJ, a proposition for which we express no opinion, Barry's remedy is to 'move the BIA for reopening based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. See, e.g., Twum v. INS, 411 F.3d 54, 59 (2d Cir.2005).
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 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).