Case Name: Gulnara GAFUROVA, Irina Kulichenkova, Petitioners, 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: 2011-11-29
Citations: 448 F. App'x 139
Docket Number: No. 10-4812-ag
Parties: Gulnara GAFUROVA, Irina Kulichenkova, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: B.D. PARKER, RICHARD C. WESLEY, and RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 448
Pages: 139–141

Head Matter:
Gulnara GAFUROVA, Irina Kulichenkova, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-4812-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Nov. 29, 2011.
Theodore N. Cox, New York, NY, for Petitioners.
Ada E. Bosque, Senior Litigation Counsel; Yamileth G. HandUber, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: B.D. PARKER, RICHARD C. WESLEY, and RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioners Gulnara Gafurova and Irina Kulichenkova, natives of the former Soviet Union and citizens of Uzbekistan, seek review of an October 26, 2010 order of the BIA affirming the September 17, 2008 decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Sandy K. Horn denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Gulnara Gafurova, Nos. [ AXXX XXX XXX ]/296 (B.I.A. Oct. 26, 2010), affg Nos. [ AXXX XXX XXX ]/296 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Sept. 17, 2008). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
Subsequent to the filing of the petition for review, the BIA granted Kulichen-kova's motion to reopen and remanded her case to an immigration judge for further proceedings and entry of a new decision. See In re Irina Kulichenkova, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Apr. 29, 2011). Accordingly, there is no longer a final order of removal against her over which we may exercise jurisdiction, and we dismiss the petition for review as it pertains to her. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1), (b)(9); see also Lopez-Ruiz v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 886, 887 (9th Cir.2002). A new petition for review timely filed following entry of any future final order of removal against Kulichenko-va will suffice to challenge both the final order and the BIA's October 2010 order to the extent it remains relevant to her.
However, we have jurisdiction to consider Gafurova's petition for review because there is a final order of removal against her. 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); Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 157-68 (2d Cir.2008).
Here, Gafurova's admission that she filed a false asylum application provides "specific, cogent" grounds for the agency's adverse credibility determination. See Balachova v. Mukasey, 547 F.3d 374, 380 (2d Cir.2008). The agency reasonably rejected her argument that her admission that she had lied established that her other testimony was truthful. See Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 80 (2d Cir.2005); see also Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2005).
We defer to the agency's conclusion that Gafurova's false application was not forced by her prior attorney, and we find no error in its conclusion that she did not establish a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel because she failed to comply with the procedural requirements for raising such a claim set forth in Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (B.I.A.1988). See Jim Yun Zheng v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 409 F.3d 43, 46 (2d Cir.2005).
Moreover, the agency reasonably rejected those aspects of Gafurova's story that were corroborated by letters from her family because the only evidence to demonstrate the reliability of those letters was her testimony. As this Court has noted, the doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus may be used to "discredit evidence that does not benefit from corroboration or authentication independent of the petitioner's own credibility." See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 170 (2d Cir.2007) (emphasis in original). In sum, the agency's adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence.
Because Gafurova has not presented any challenges to the agency's conclusion that she did not establish that she faced future harm on account of her ethnicity separate from her assertions about the past persecution she and her daughter suffered in Uzbekistan, the agency's adverse credibili ty determination forecloses her claims for relief. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DISMISSED in part and DENIED in part. 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).