Case Name: Hanze WANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-06-22
Citations: 186 F. App'x 786
Docket Number: No. 04-71056
Parties: Hanze WANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, O’SCANNLAIN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 186
Pages: 786–788

Head Matter:
Hanze WANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-71056.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted June 15, 2006.
Decided June 22, 2006.
Matthew B. Hayhurst, Esq., Boone Karlberg, PC, Missoula, MT, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Jennifer Paisner, Esq., Kristin K. Edison, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, O’SCANNLAIN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Inconsistencies the BIA cited in Wang's testimony concerning his wife's abortion and his threat of sterilization provide substantial evidence for the adverse credibility finding. Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004). Inconsistencies in Wang's testimony about his religious persecution do not "go to the heart of' his claim for asylum based on family planning persecution, but they contribute to the failure of the petitioner to persuade the IJ that he was a credible witness. Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061,1066 (9th Cir.2005).
Because substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility finding, and the petitioner's conflicting stories do not reveal compelling reasons to go beyond the credibility issue to re-examine the merits, the petition is DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.