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KAI DAN HUANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 09-3286-ag.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    March 1, 2010.
    
      Khaghendra Gharti-Chhetry, Chhetry & Associates, P.C., New York, NY, for Petitioner.
    Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director; Andrew Oliveira, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
    PRESENT: ROBERT D. SACK, RICHARD C. WESLEY, and PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner Kai Dan Huang, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a July 9, 2009, order of the BIA affirming the October 23, 2007, decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Barbara A. Nelson denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Kai Dan Huang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Jul. 9, 2009), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Oct. 23, 2007). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.

Under the circumstances of this case, we review the decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005). The applicable standards of review are well-established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(iii); Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 162, 167 (2d Cir.2008).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. In finding Huang not credible, the IJ found that: (1) although he testified that his mother was beaten as a result of his resistance to the family planning policy, neither his asylum application nor his wife’s letter made any such assertion; (2) he testified inconsistently regarding whether he first saw his wife at their home or at the hospital following her sterilization; (3) his testimony that family planning officials chased him to his house even though he ran to a friend’s house was inconsistent and implausible; (4) his testimony that he was able to escape from five or six officials who were surrounding him and holding him down was implausible; and (5) his testimony that the officials did nothing to stop him from leaving, yet then decided to chase him to his home, was implausible. Although Huang argues that he adequately explained three of these discrepancies, no reasonable factfinder would have been compelled to credit his explanations. See Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 80 (2d Cir.2005).

Huang does not challenge the remaining findings with any specificity, arguing only that they were too minor to support an adverse credibility determination. However, “an IJ may rely on any inconsistency or omission in making an adverse credibility determination as long as the totality of the circumstances establishes that an asylum applicant is not credible.” Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167 (internal quotation marks omitted and emphasis in original).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(iii); Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167. Because Huang was unable to meet his burden for asylum, he has necessarily failed to meet the higher burden required for withholding of removal. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006). Moreover, there is no merit to Huang’s argument that the IJ erred by failing to conduct a separate analysis of his CAT claim because that claim too was based on the same factual predicate. See id.

For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).