Case Name: MING GUANG 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: 2011-04-21
Citations: 428 F. App'x 741
Docket Number: No. 08-70839
Parties: MING GUANG LIN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 428
Pages: 741–742

Head Matter:
MING GUANG LIN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70839.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 5, 2011.
Filed April 21, 2011.
Ming Guang Lin, Bellflower, CA, pro se.
CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Kristina Rencic Sracic, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, 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
Ming Guang Lin, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, applying the new standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the Real ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir. 2010). We grant the petition for review and remand.
The agency's adverse credibility determination is not supported by substantial evidence. See id. at 1042-44 (adverse credibility findings must be "specific and cogent" and the IJ must consider petitioner's explanation for a perceived inconsistency); Tekle v. Mukasey, 533 F.3d 1044, 1053 (9th Cir.2008) (adverse credibility finding based on mischaracterization of testimony is not supported); Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1071 (9th Cir.2000) (an ad verse credibility finding cannot be based on speculation and conjecture).
We remand for the BIA to reexamine Lin's credibility and, if necessary, to assess the IJ's alternate holding denying her asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims on the merits. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam); Soto-Olarte v. Holder, 555 F.3d 1089, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2009).
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.