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Surinder SINGH, a.k.a. Parmjit Singh Sadhara, a.k.a. Barjinder S. Virk, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 09-73824.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 21, 2011.
    
    Filed Nov. 29, 2011.
    Hardeep Singh Rai, San Francisco, CA, Earle Anthony Sylva, II, Walnut Creek, CA, for Petitioner.
    Theodore Charles Hirt, DOJ — U.S. Department Of Justice, Civil Division/Office Of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office Of the Chief Counsel Department Of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Surinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, applying the new standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the Real ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010). We review de novo questions of law. Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Singh filed his asylum application within a reasonable period of time following the expiration of his lawful nonimmi-grant status, see id. at 1181-82; Dhital v. Mukasey, 532 F.3d 1044, 1050 (9th Cir.2008) (per curiam), or that his untimely asylum application is otherwise excused by extraordinary circumstances, see 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(5); Toj-Culpatan v. Holder, 612 F.3d 1088, 1091 (9th Cir.2010) (per curiam). Accordingly, Singh’s asylum claim fails.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on Singh’s prior false applications and the inconsistencies between Singh’s and his wife’s testimonies regarding when his wife was arrested and her role in the Sikh Student Federation. See SinghKaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999); Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1057-58 (9th Cir.2010); Dhital, 532 F.3d at 1050-51. In the absence of credible testimony, Singh’s withholding of removal claim fails. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048.

Because Singh’s CAT claim is based on the same testimony the agency found not credible, and he points to no other evidence showing it is more likely than not he will be tortured if returned to India, his CAT claim also fails. See id. at 1048-49.

We reject Singh’s contention that the IJ was biased or prejudged his application because he has not shown that any alleged bias prejudiced his case. See Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 620-21 (9th Cir.2006). Singh has also not shown any prejudice from the “indiscernible” notations in the transcript. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000).

Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review Singh’s claim that he should be granted voluntary departure. See Tovar-Landin v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1164, 1166 (9th Cir.2004).

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