Case Name: Luis Emilio DIEGO-NOLASCO, a.k.a Luis Emilio Mateo-Nolasco, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-30
Citations: 540 F. App'x 704
Docket Number: No. 10-72097
Parties: Luis Emilio DIEGO-NOLASCO, a.k.a Luis Emilio Mateo-Nolasco, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 540
Pages: 704–705

Head Matter:
Luis Emilio DIEGO-NOLASCO, a.k.a Luis Emilio Mateo-Nolasco, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-72097.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 2013.
Filed Sept. 30, 2013.
GARISH SARIN, ESQUIRE, LAW OFFICES OF GARISH SARIN, LÓS ANGELES, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, James A. Hurley, 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: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, 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
Luis Emilio Diego-Nolasco, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Diego-Nolasco failed to demonstrate changed or extraordinary circumstances to excuse the untimely filing of his asylum application beyond the one-year deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4), (5). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to Mateo-Nolasco's asylum claim.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies between Diego-Nolasco's testimony and his declaration, and between his testimony and his wife's testimony, as to whether associates of his attacker were looking for him or his wife while she was hiding at his brother's house. See Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1057 (9th Cir.2010) (the agency may consider inconsistencies between different witnesses and documentary evidence when making credibility determinations); Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under REAL ID Act's "totality of the circumstances"). In the absence of credible testimony, Diego-Nolasco's withholding of removal claim fails. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Diego-Nolasco's CAT claim is based on the same testimony the BIA found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the finding that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if -returned to Guatemala, 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.