Case Name: XING DI XUE, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-04-28
Citations: 648 F. App'x 36
Docket Number: No. 15-465
Parties: XING DI XUE, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: BARRINGTON D. PARKER, RICHARD C. WESLEY and RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 648
Pages: 36–38

Head Matter:
XING DI XUE, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-465.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
April 28, 2016.
Lee B. Ratner, Law Offices of Michael Brown, PC, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Janice, K. Redfern, Senior Litigation, Counsel; Christina Paraseandola, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: BARRINGTON D. PARKER, RICHARD C. WESLEY and RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Xing Di Xue, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a February 2, 2015, decision of the BIA affirming a September 4, 2013, decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying Xue's application for sylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Xing Di Xue, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Feb. 2, 2015), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. Buffalo Sept. 4, 2013). 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. 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); Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 162, 165-66 (2d Cir.2008).
Xue's sole challenge to the agency's adverse credibility determination is that the IJ erred in relying on inconsistent statements in his initial removal proceeding to find him not credible in his remanded proceeding because the factual bases for his asylum claims differed between the two proceedings. He contends that his initial hearing focused on his wife's forced sterilization and his remanded hearing focused on his unpaid family planning fine. Xue's argument is without merit.
At his initial merits hearing, Xue asserted eligibility for relief based on both his wife's alleged forced sterilization and their fines for having violated the family planning policy. During his merits hearing on remand in 2010, Xue testified that family planning officials continued to seek payment of the unpaid fines levied in 1992. Given that the claims presented at both hearings were based on the same factual predicate, the agency did not err in relying on the inconsistency findings from Xue's first hearing to find him not credible at the conclusion of his second hearing. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 154-57 (2d Cir.2006).
Xue does not challenge the specific inconsistency findings 21 in his brief. Those findings, which are supported by the record, thus stand as a valid basis for the adverse credibility determination. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(iii); Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 165-66. That determination is dispositive of Xue's claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See Paul, 444 F.3d at 156-57.
We may not consider Xue's due process claim because he did not raise it on appeal to the BIA. See Severino v. Mukasey, 549 F.3d 79, 83 (2d Cir.2008).
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).