Case Name: SHIMING LI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-27
Citations: 262 F. App'x 24
Docket Number: No. 05-71434
Parties: SHIMING LI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, NOONAN, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 262
Pages: 24–25

Head Matter:
SHIMING LI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-71434.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 5, 2007 .
Filed Dec. 27, 2007.
Daniel K.Y. Fong, Law Offices of Daniel K.Y. Fong, Monterey Park, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Daniel E. Goldman, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Deborah J. Groom, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, NOONAN, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Peter D. Keisler, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Shiming Li, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we grant the petition for review and remand.
Substantial evidence does not support the IJ's adverse credibility finding. Because the IJ's adverse credibility finding was based on improper speculation, a minor inconsistency not going to the heart of the petitioner's claim, and other findings that are not supported by the record, we grant the petitioner's petition for review. See Paramasamy v. Ashcroft, 295 F.3d 1047, 1050-51 (9th Cir.2002) (rejecting boilerplate demeanor findings); Singh v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 1109, 1112 (9th Cir. 2002) (holding that a minor inconsistency fails to support an adverse credibility finding); Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1071 (9th Cir.2000) (holding that speculation does not support an adverse credibility finding).
Accordingly, we grant the petition and remand to determine whether, accepting petitioner's testimony as credible, he is eligible for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.