Court Opinion

ID: 8621899
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 09:26:35.577977+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:55:33.038950
License: Public Domain

memorandum: **
Ammar Sabah Tobia, a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order adopting and affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny in part, grant in part and remand.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s and BIA’s adverse credibility determination because Tobia’s testimony was internally inconsistent regarding the number of threats that he received and where he was living prior to fleeing Iraq. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001).
Because Tobia fails to establish eligibility for asylum, he also fails to demonstrate eligibility for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Substantial evidence does not support the IJ’s denial of CAT relief because the IJ failed to consider all of the relevant evidence, including the country reports, in assessing whether, as a Chaldean Christian, it is more likely than not that Tobia will be tortured if removed to Iraq. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(3); see also Kamalthas v. INS, 251 F.3d 1279, 1282-84 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, we remand to the agency to consider whether, in light of the country conditions, Tobia is eligible for CAT relief. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
*435PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part; and REMANDED.

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