Case Name: Maria Cristina ISLAS-ESPINOSA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-24
Citations: 668 F. App'x 327
Docket Number: No. 14-72698
Parties: Maria Cristina ISLAS-ESPINOSA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 668
Pages: 327–328

Head Matter:
Maria Cristina ISLAS-ESPINOSA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-72698
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted August 16, 2016
Filed August 24, 2016
Gary G. Singh, Law Office of Gary G. Singh, Honolulu, HI.
John Beadle Holt, Esquire, Trial Attorney, Don George Scroggin, Esquire, Trial Attorney, OIL, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, San Francisco, CA.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, 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
Maria Cristina Islas-Espinosa, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. 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, 1039-40 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies both within Islas-Espinosa's testimony, and between her testimony and record evidence, as to her medical records from 1989 and 2000. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the "totality of circumstances"). Islas-Espinosa's explanations for these contradictions do not compel a contrary result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). In the absence of credible testimony, in this case, Islas-Espinosa's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003). In light of these dispositive findings, we reject Islas-Espinosa's contentions that the agency violated her due process rights by faulting her for any delays in proceedings, or by failing to grant her a final continuance. See Lata, 204 F.3d at 1246 (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.