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BO XIN LI, AKA Boxin Li, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 14-70357
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 26, 2016 
    
    Filed August 3, 2016
    Mun Su Park, Ph. D., Attorney, Law Offices of Park & Associates, Tamuning, GU, for Petitioner.
    Jeremy M. Bylund, Trial Attorney, OIL, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Bo Xin Li, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for 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, 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 agency’s adverse credibility determination in light of inconsistencies between Li’s testimony and his wife’s testimony regarding the harm Li experienced and fears for voicing his opposition to China’s one-child policy, as well as Li’s inconsistent testimony regarding his return trip to China. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination reasonable under the “totality of circumstances”). We reject Li’s contention regarding notice and an opportunity to produce corroborative evidence because the BIA did not rely on Li’s failure to provide corroboration in affirming the dis-positive adverse credibility determination. In the absence of credible testimony, in this case, Li’s withholding of removal claim fails. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).

Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of Li’s CAT claim because he failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to China. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir. 2011).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.