Case Name: Oscar MARINO DIAZ-RAMOS, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-01-12
Citations: 118 F. App'x 294
Docket Number: No. 04-70322; Agency No. A78-536-286
Parties: Oscar MARINO DIAZ-RAMOS, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before BEEZER, HALL and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 118
Pages: 294–295

Head Matter:
Oscar MARINO DIAZ-RAMOS, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-70322.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 10, 2005.
Decided Jan. 12, 2005.
Steven A. Seick, Esq., Attorney at Law, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Margaret Perry, Esq., Stephen J. Flynn, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before BEEZER, HALL and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Oscar Marino Diaz-Ramos, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's denial of his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's conclusion that Diaz-Ramos lacked credibility because Diaz-Ramos' testimony and application contained inconsistencies going to the heart of his claim. See id. at 1043. For instance, although Diaz-Ramos testified that his mother's arms were broken by someone in order to obtain information from her about his whereabouts, he omitted this incident from his application. This is a significant event that goes to the heart of his claim and Diaz-Ramos offered no satisfactory explanation for omitting it from his application. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1254 (9th Cir.2003) (upholding an adverse credibility finding based on a pivotal omission from the alien's asylum application going to the heart of the claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.