FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 22 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RENYING LI, No. 11-71214
Petitioner, Agency No. A099-462-825
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 15, 2013**
Before: FISHER, GOULD, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Renying Li, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination
based on inconsistencies between Li’s testimony and her household registry, and
her failure to offer a meaningful explanation for the inconsistencies. See id. at
1047 (adverse credibility determination supported based on totality of the
circumstances); see also Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir. 2011). In
the absence of credible testimony, Li’s asylum and withholding of removal claims
fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Because Li’s CAT claim is based on the same testimony the BIA found not
credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the conclusion that it is more
likely than not that she will be tortured if returned to China, her CAT claim also
fails. See id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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