Mary Oben, et al v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: Lavenski R. Smith, Pasco M. Bowman and Bobby E. Shepherd. --(UNPUBLISHED)-- [4067550] [12-3683]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 12-3683
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Mary Besong Oben; Treasure Tayui Oben; Cynthia Orock Mika Oben
lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioners
v.
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States
lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
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Submitted: August 7, 2013
Filed: August 22, 2013
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Cameroonian citizens Mary Oben and her two daughters, Treasure Oben and
Cynthia Oben, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
(BIA), upholding an immigration judge’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal,

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and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).1 After careful review, we
find no basis for reversal. In particular, we conclude that the immigration judge’s
adverse credibility determination, which was specifically upheld by the BIA, was
supported by substantial evidence on the administrative record as a whole. See Ali
v. Holder, 686 F.3d 534, 538 (8th Cir. 2012) (standard of review); Fofanah v.
Gonzales, 447 F.3d 1037, 1040 (8th Cir. 2006) (noting that adverse credibility finding
was fatal to asylum, withholding-of-removal, and CAT claims because they were all
“based upon the same discredited testimony”). Accordingly, we deny the petition for
review. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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Treasure Oben and Cynthia Oben were listed as derivative beneficiaries on
Mary Oben’s application for relief.
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