USCA11 Case: 20-12378 Date Filed: 04/28/2021 Page: 1 of 13 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 20-12378 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ Agency No. A203-653-600 TAOHID HASNET AKASH, Petitioner, versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. ________________________ Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ________________________ (April 28, 2021) Before ROSENBAUM, LAGOA, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Taohid Hasnet Akash seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) order affirming the immigration judge’s denial of his application for USCA11 Case: 20-12378 Date Filed: 04/28/2021 Page: 2 of 13 asylum, withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Specifically, he challenges the immigration judge’s adverse credibility finding, arguing that the inconsistencies in his testimony cited by the immigration judge were only minor disparities, most of which were cleared up upon further questioning. We disagree. Because substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility determination, we deny Akash’s petition for review. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Akash, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, unlawfully entered the United States in June 2019 by swimming across the Rio Grande River from Mexico, where he was apprehended by the United States Border Patrol. Akash informed the Border Patrol agents that he had left Bangladesh because he was discriminated against on the basis of his religion by the Bangladeshi government and other religious groups. Based on this allegation, the agents referred his case to an asylum officer for a credible fear interview. During his credible fear interview, Akash stated that he was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (“LDP”) and was persecuted for his political beliefs by members of the Awami League, which is the current political party in power in Bangladesh. He claimed that he received many threats from Awami League members and referenced three specific attacks that he endured. On June 25, 2018, 2 USCA11 Case: 20-12378 Date Filed: 04/28/2021 Page: 3 of 13 Awami League members attacked him. On November 15, 2018, Akash said that he was “severely” attacked by five Awami League members, who punched him in the ear and broke his leg. He recognized one of the attackers as an Awami League leader who worked with his cousin and lived down the road from him. He was hospitalized for three days following this attack. On November 18, 2018, after he was discharged from the hospital, Akash went to the police station to press charges against the members who attacked him. But the officers refused to accept his complaint and told him to leave. After he had returned home, Awami League members who had heard that he had attempted to report the prior incident to the police broke into the gate of Akash’s residence, but they could not find him. When asked by the asylum officer about his claims of religious persecution, Akash answered that he never mentioned religion to the Border Patrol agents and that his political beliefs …
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