Opinion ID: 787659
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Implausibility of Wen's authentication attempts

Text: 28 The IJ expressed doubt as to the plausibility of Zheng's testimony due to an apparent inconsistency in his description of how Wen attempted to get certain documents certified. Specifically, the IJ stated, 29 [Zheng] testified ... that his wife took [his birth certificate] and their daughter's birth certificate to the Chinese officials in a local town and was refused to get them certified.... It seems inconsistent then that she would go to the local authorities who were the ones that allegedly persecuted her in the first place and then be afraid to go to other Chinese officials in order to get them further certified. 30 Zheng did not testify, however, that there were other Chinese officials who could have certified the documents or that Wen was afraid to go to such officials. Thus, there is no inconsistency in his testimony.