REN v. HOLDER

No. 08-71315.

648 F.3d 1079 (2011)

Yaogang REN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 30, 2011.

Filed August 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evangeline G. Abriel , Director, Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA; Kirt L. Iverson , Student Counsel, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, for the petitioner.

Lance Lomond Jolley , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC; David V. Bernal , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., STEPHEN REINHARDT and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

I.

Yaogang Ren petitions for review of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Because he filed his application after May 11, 2005, his case is governed by the credibility and corroboration standards set forth in the REAL ID Act. Applying those standards, we hold that the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") adverse credibility...

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