Case Name: Marvin PEREZ-CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-11
Citations: 568 F. App'x 496
Docket Number: No. 12-73718
Parties: Marvin PEREZ-CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 568
Pages: 496–497

Head Matter:
Marvin PEREZ-CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-73718.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 7, 2014
Decided April 11, 2014.
Peter D. De Bruyn, Long Beach, CA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Kristofer Ryan Mcdonald, Esquire, Trial, Oil, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: TASHIMA, GRABER, and IKUTA, 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
Marvin Perez-Cruz, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, 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 protection 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 in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistencies in the record regarding when Perez-Cruz joined the Independent Liberal Party, when he first received a death threat by Sandinistas, whether Sandinistas threatened his brother, and whether Perez-Cruz went to the hospital after being beaten. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the totality of circumstances). We reject Perez-Cruz's contention that the inconsistencies were minor. Further, Perez-Cruz's explanations do not compel the opposite result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). We lack jurisdiction to consider any contentions Perez-Cruz raises regarding his interview by a border patrol agent. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (no jurisdiction over claims not presented in administrative proceedings below). In the absence of credible testimony, Perez-Cruz's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Finally, Perez-Cruz's CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same statements found not credible, and he does not point to any other evidence in the record to compel the finding that it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official in Nicaragua. See id. at 1156-57.
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.