Case Name: Armond TSATURYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-06-20
Citations: 529 F. App'x 835
Docket Number: No. 10-73090
Parties: Armond TSATURYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 529
Pages: 835–835

Head Matter:
Armond TSATURYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-73090.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 18, 2013.
Filed June 20, 2013.
Alexander Morales, Esquire, Morales Law Office, Downey, CA, for Petitioner.
Timothy Hayes, Trial, Oil, DOJ-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: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, 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
Armond Tsaturyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's adverse credibility determination based on Tsaturyan's omission of the worst incident of harm from the two written statements he submitted in support of his asylum claim, see Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011), and his failure to testify in detail regarding any of the alleged harms he suffered in Armenia, see Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048. The BIA was not compelled to accept Tsaturyan's explanations for the omission. See Zamanov, 649 F.3d at 974. In the absence of credible testimony, Tsaturyan's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003). In light of our conclusions, we do not address Tsaturyan's contentions regarding the merits of those claims.
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Tsaturyan failed to establish that it is more likely than not he will be tortured if he returns to Armenia. See id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.