Case Name: SHU XIU ZHAO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-06
Citations: 558 F. App'x 31
Docket Number: No. 12-4718
Parties: SHU XIU ZHAO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, PIERRE N. LEVAL and ROBERT D. SACK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 558
Pages: 31–32

Head Matter:
SHU XIU ZHAO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-4718.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
March 6, 2014.
Thomas D. Barra, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General; James A. Hunolt, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jesse D. Lorenz, Trial Attorney, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, PIERRE N. LEVAL and ROBERT D. SACK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Shu Xiu Zhao, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of an October 31, 2012 order of the BIA affirming the February 9, 2011 decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ"), which denied her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). See In re Shu Xiu Zhao, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Oct. 31, 2012), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Feb. 9, 2011). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed the IJ's decision as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005). The applicable standards of review are well-established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir.2009).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Zhao's testimony was not credible. Zhao's asylum application omitted any reference to a March 2009 Falun Gong parade and a later phone call from a friend of her husband's criticizing her activities, but she testified about both. Zhao's testimony omitted particulars of an April 2009 event highlighted in her asylum application. Zhao's omissions provide substantial support for the agency's adverse credibility determination. See Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 584 F.3d 162, 167 (2d Cir.2008). The agency was not compelled to accept Zhao's explanation that her attorney erroneously omitted the incidents when preparing her application. Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 80 (2d Cir.2005).
Zhao argues that she referenced the March 2009 parade in her asylum application, by submitting pictures of the event, and that she in fact testified about the April 2009 incident. However, she raised neither of these claims before the BIA, and we therefore will not consider them. Lin Zhong v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 480 F.3d 104, 119-22 (2d Cir.2007). In any event, neither argument has merit: (1) Zhao was required to highlight the March 2009 incident in her application, as she had the burden of establishing eligibility for asylum, see Gashi v. Holder, 702 F.3d 130, 135 (2d Cir.2012); and (2) Zhao testified about the April 2009 incident briefly, if at all, and did not mention that onlookers at the April 2009 parade called Falun Gong supporters "traitors" and a "cult." Even if the agency erred in either respect, those omissions support the adverse credibility finding, and render a remand futile. See Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 338-40 (2d Cir.2006).
We decline to consider Zhao's argument that the agency failed to determine whether she had a well-founded fear of persecution. The finding that she did not present a credible claim was a sufficient basis for the agency's decision. See INS v. Bagamasbad, 429 U.S. 24, 25, 97 S.Ct. 200, 50 L.Ed.2d 190 (1976) ("As a general rule courts and agencies are not required to make findings on issues the decision of which is unnecessary to the results they reach.").
Because Zhao's withholding of removal and CAT claims depend on the same factual predicate as the asylum claim, the agency's adverse credibility determination is also dispositive of those forms of relief. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006); Xue Hong Yang v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 426 F.3d 520, 523 (2d Cir.2005).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).