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MEI TIN XIAO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-70578.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 18, 2009.
    
    Filed March 30, 2009.
    Jisheng Li, Law Office of Jisheng Li, Honolulu, HI, for Petitioner.
    District Director, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Honolulu, HI, Daniel Riess, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Mei Tin Xiao, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because the discrepancy between Xiao’s testimony and the documentary evidence regarding the number of times his wife was forcibly sterilized goes to the heart of his claim. See id. Accordingly, Xiao’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).

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