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Arturo MENDOZA-CARRILLO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-75021.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Feb. 11, 2010.
    Filed Feb. 25, 2010.
    A.J. Bedel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
    Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Charles V. Reilly, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, New York, NY, for Respondent.
    Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TROTT and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

Arturo Mendoza-Carillo petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.

The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denied Mendoza-Carillo’s claims for relief because he found Mendoza-Carillo’s testimony both internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the documents in evidence. We review credibility findings for substantial evidence. Tawadrus v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir.2004). The adverse credibility determination must be upheld “unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude the contrary.” Id. (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B)). The evidence here does not compel a contrary result; rather it substantially supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. The school certificate and Mendoza-Carillo’s own statements materially contradict each other and go to the heart of his claim for asylum. The same lack of credibility dooms his claims for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156-57 (9th Cir.2003).

Mendoza-Carillo also challenges the IJ’s refusal to consider testimony from three proposed witnesses. We review the admission or rejection of evidence for an abuse of discretion. Wicker v. Or. ex rel. Bureau of Labor, 543 F.3d 1168, 1173 (9th Cir.2008). Even if the IJ abused his discretion by refusing to hear Mendoza-Caril-lo’s witnesses, there was no prejudice. See Harper v. City of Los Angeles, 533 F.3d 1010, 1030 (9th Cir.2008). None of the witnesses could clarify the contradictions in Mendoza-Carillo’s testimony.

Accordingly, Mendoza-Carillo’s Petition for Review is DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.