Case Name: LAIXING WANG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-09-03
Citations: 616 F. App'x 233
Docket Number: No. 13-72385
Parties: LAIXING WANG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 616
Pages: 233–233

Head Matter:
LAIXING WANG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-72385.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 25, 2015.
Filed Sept. 3, 2015.
Thomas J. Tarigo, Esquire, Law Offices of Thomas J. Tárigo, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Yanal H. Yousef, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, 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 .
We grant respondent's motion to reinstate proceedings.
Laixing Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") 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"). 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, Skrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's adverse credibility determination based on Wang's vague testimony and inconsistencies between Wang's asylum application and his testimony regarding his alleged detentions and employment termination. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the "totality of circumstances"). Wang's explanations do not compel a contrary conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's determination that, even if Wang is Christian and practiced- Christianity in the United States, he failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution in China. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1022 (9th Cir.2006) (petitioner failed to present compelling objective evidence demonstrating a well-founded fear of future persecution.) Thus, Wang's asylum claim fails.
Because Wang failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Huang v. Holder, 744 F.3d 1149, 1156 (9th Cir.2014).
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the BIA's denial of CAT relief because Wang failed to show it is more likely than not he will be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to China. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.