FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 24 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MOFIZUR RAHMAN, No. 08-70867
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-634-646
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 15, 2011 **
Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Mofizur Rahman, native and citizen of Bangladesh, petitions for review of a
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal,
and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction
*
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).
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings.
Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for
review.
Rahman does not challenge the agency’s dispositive finding that his
application for asylum was untimely. Accordingly, his asylum claim fails.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination
based on both the inconsistencies between Rahman’s asylum application and his
testimony regarding the nature of the August 1991 incident, and on Rahman’s lack
of detail regarding his injuries. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th
Cir. 2001). We do not consider Rahman’s contentions that the IJ did not have him
swear to his asylum application and that the IJ failed to consider his corroborating
evidence, because he failed to exhaust them to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft,
358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, Rahman’s withholding of
removal claim fails.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because
Rahman has not established that any torture he may suffer would be by or with the
acquiescence of the Bangladesh government. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d
1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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