Case Name: Jose Heri MORENO, a.k.a. Jose Hernandez, a.k.a. Jose Heriberto Hernandez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-20
Citations: 512 F. App'x 717
Docket Number: No. 11-72574
Parties: Jose Heri MORENO, a.k.a. Jose Hernandez, a.k.a. Jose Heriberto Hernandez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 512
Pages: 717–717

Head Matter:
Jose Heri MORENO, a.k.a. Jose Hernandez, a.k.a. Jose Heriberto Hernandez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-72574.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2018.
Filed March 20, 2013.
Jose Heri Moreno, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Oil, Joseph D. Hardy, Jr., Esquire, 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: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Heri Moreno, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' 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 factual findings, including adverse credibility findings, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on Moreno's omission from his original asylum application of the harm he claimed at the hands of guerrillas and army superiors. See id. at 963. Moreno's explanation that he did not remember these events when he prepared his original application does not compel a contrary conclusion. See Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th Cir.2007). In the absence of credible testimony, Moreno's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Moreno's CAT claim is based on the same evidence the IJ found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the finding it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to El Salvador, his CAT claim also fails. See id. at 1156-57.
We reject Moreno's contentions that the IJ violated his due process rights by exhibiting bias and not adequately assisting him as a pro se litigant. Finally, we deny Moreno's request for pro bono counsel.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).