Case Name: Norberto BARRERA; Sandra Patricia Cardona Pineros; David Barrera Cardona, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-15
Citations: 387 F. App'x 779
Docket Number: No. 07-72169
Parties: Norberto BARRERA; Sandra Patricia Cardona Pineros; David Barrera Cardona, 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: 779–780

Head Matter:
Norberto BARRERA; Sandra Patricia Cardona Pineros; David Barrera Cardona, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-72169.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 29, 2010.
Filed July 15, 2010.
Susan E. Hill, Esq., Hill Piibe & Ville-gas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioners.
CAC-District, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, David V. Bernal, Attorney, Lindsay Williams Fax, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, 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
Norberto Barrera and his family, natives and citizens of Colombia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's 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 adverse credibility findings, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the discrepancies between Barrera's testimony and his sworn statement during the airport interview as to why he came to the United States and whether he suffered or feared harm in Colombia. See id. at 962-63 (discrepancy between testimony and sworn airport interview constituted substantial evidence where petitioner gave entirely different reasons for arrival in United States). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the omission from Barrera's asylum application that the guerrillas forced him to remain face down on the ground without moving for 48 hours. See id. at 963 (reasonable for IJ to consider that, if truthful, petitioner would have mentioned allegation of serious mis treatment in asylum application). Accordingly, in the absence of credible testimony, petitioners' asylum claim and Barrera's withholding of removal claim fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Barrera's CAT claim is based on the testimony the agency found not credible, and there is no evidence in the record that compels a finding that it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to Colombia, his CAT claim also fails. See id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.