Court Opinion

ID: 9499738
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:56:30.543211+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:59:41.922999
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NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
With respect to Lin’s request for asylum and withholding of removal, I would affirm the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Judge. Because the Board’s decision was grounded on findings of fact and credibility determinations, we owe it substantial deference, particularly in this area in which the Attorney General is given broad discretion. The INA provides that the Board’s findings of fact “are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). Moreover, we defer to credibility findings if they are supported by substantial evidence. See Tewabe v. Gonzales, 446 F.3d 533, 538 (4th Cir.2006).
I cannot find on this record that the evidence “compels” findings different from those made by the Immigration Judge. See Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 (“To reverse the BIA finding, we must find that the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it”). Under this deferential standard, we must affirm.
With respect to Lin’s request for relief under the Convention Against Torture, I concur in the majority’s opinion.