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Eduard ASLANYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 07-70935.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Feb. 15, 2011
    
    Filed March 9, 2011.
    David Leonard Ross, Esquire, Law Offices of David L. Ross, P.A., Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
    CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Oil, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Eduard Aslanyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Morgan v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 1202,1206 (9th Cir.2008), and we review de novo due process claims, Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Aslanyan was not credible because of the implausibility of his story that he changed his name in order to avoid persecution, see Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1110 (9th Cir.2006) (inherently unbelievable testimony may be a proper basis for an adverse credibility finding if IJ’s logical inferences are supported by substantial evidence), and because Asla-nyan failed to provide sufficient corroboration establishing his true identity, see Fa-rah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003) (identity is a key element of the asylum application that must be credibly established by the applicant); see also Si-dhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1089-92 (9th Cir.2000) (“[I]f the trier of fact either does not believe the applicant or does not know what to believe, the applicant’s failure to corroborate his testimony can be fatal to his asylum application.”). Accordingly, in the absence of credible testimony, Asla-nyan’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. 'See Farah, 348 F.3d at 1156.

Because Aslanyan’s CAT claim is based on the same evidence found to be not credible, and because he does not point to other evidence in the record that would compel a finding it is more likely than not he would be tortured if he returned to Armenia, his CAT claim fails. See id. at 1156-57. Aslanyan’s contention that the BIA failed to address his CAT claim adequately is belied by the record, and accordingly, his due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.