Opinion
No. 13-72309
10-22-2015
XINAI HE, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Agency No. A088-485-275 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Xinai He, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA found He was not credible based on the omission of material events from his asylum application and declaration, as well as his failure to seek corroboration from his brother who lived nearby, and his explanation for failing to do so. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility finding reasonable under totality of the circumstances); see also Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1057 (9th Cir. 2010) (omission from asylum applications of key event forming basis for petitioners' claim supported adverse credibility finding). We reject He's contention that the BIA distorted or mischaracterized the record. In the absence of credible testimony, He's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.