Case Name: Weike CHENG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-04-13
Citations: 649 F. App'x 362
Docket Number: No. 14-70866
Parties: Weike CHENG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 649
Pages: 362–363

Head Matter:
Weike CHENG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-70866.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 13, 2016.
Filed April 13, 2016.
Conrad Gregory Badar, Esquire, Badar Law Group, San Gabriel, CA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Carlton Frederick Sheffield, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: FARRIS, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, 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
Weike Cheng, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' 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"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 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 in part and dismiss in part.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies in the record as to Cheng's baptism, when he started attending a house church in China, and when he decided to leave China. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the "totality of the circumstances"). Cheng's explanations do not compel a contrary result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). In the absence of credible testimony, Cheng's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Cheng fails to raise any substantive challenge to the denial of his CAT claim. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1260 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed waived).
We reject Cheng's contention that the BIA failed to analyze his claim properly.
Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review arguments in the opening brief related to due process or Cheng's fear of persecution in the future because they are unexhausted. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677 (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.