Case Name: Mochamad Hanifa DANADIBRATA; Reni Indriani, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-14
Citations: 387 F. App'x 739
Docket Number: No. 07-73659
Parties: Mochamad Hanifa DANADIBRATA; Reni Indriani, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 387
Pages: 739–740

Head Matter:
Mochamad Hanifa DANADIBRATA; Reni Indriani, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73659.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 29, 2010.
Filed July 14, 2010.
Armin Alexander Skalmowski, Law Office of Armin Skalmowski, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioners.
CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Joanne E. Johnson, Esquire, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Mochamad Hanifa Danadibrata and his wife, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying their 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, Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that changed or extraordinary circumstances excused the untimely filing of Da-nadibrata's asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4), (5); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-58 (9th Cir. 2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, the asylum claim fails.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility determination because Danadibrata's asylum application omitted both the threats by a group of radical Muslims, and an attack and injury. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1254 (9th Cir.2003) (petitioner's omission of a "dramatic pivotal event" from his asylum application supported adverse credibility determination); Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004) (we must uphold an adverse credibility finding "so long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of [the petitioner's] claim of persecution."). In the absence of credible testimony, Danadibrata's withholding of removal claim fails. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Danadibrata's CAT claim is based on the testimony the IJ found not credible, and he points to no other evidence to show it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to Indonesia, his CAT claim fails. See id. at 1156-57.
Finally, we reject Danadibrata's contention that the case should be remanded for adjudication of his wife's asylum claim because his wife filed a derivative asylum application and did not raise any independent grounds for relief. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(3).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.