Case Name: YAQIN HOU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-06-25
Citations: 338 F. App'x 599
Docket Number: No. 06-73591
Parties: YAQIN HOU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 338
Pages: 599–600

Head Matter:
YAQIN HOU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-73591.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 16, 2009.
Filed June 25, 2009.
John R. Alcorn, Esquire, Sophie Marie Alcorn, Law Offices of John R. Alcorn, Irvine, CA, for Petitioner.
Vanessa Lefort, OIL, Ernesto Horacio Molina, Jr., Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 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, for Respondent.
Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Yaqin Hou, a native and citizen of China, petitions 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 and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency found Hou's asylum application time-barred. She does not challenge that finding in her opening brief. Accordingly, we deny the petition as to asylum.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility finding due to material inconsistencies between Hou's testimony and her supporting documents regarding her church attendance, the delay in applying for asylum, and her fear of authorities. See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002); Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156-57 (9th Cir. 2003).
Hou's motion to stay proceedings is denied.
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.