Case Name: HAO WU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-22
Citations: 338 F. App'x 686
Docket Number: No. 06-70554
Parties: HAO WU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 338
Pages: 686–688

Head Matter:
HAO WU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-70554.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 14, 2009 .
Filed July 22, 2009.
Maria Christina Flores, Esq., Montclair, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Hao Wu, 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 ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence adverse credibility findings, Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149 (9th Cir.1999), and we review de novo due process claims, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We dismiss in part, and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's determination that Wu failed to establish changed or extraordinary circumstances to excuse the untimely filing of his asylum application because the underlying facts are disputed. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3); cf. Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 653-54 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition as to Wu's asylum claim.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based upon a discrepancy between Wu's testimony and his asylum application regarding whether he was beaten in connection with his first interrogation, see Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1071 (9th Cir. 2007), as well as a testimonial inconsistency regarding how the police discovered he was sending religious materials back to China from the United States, see Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741-42 (9th Cir. 2007), and Wu's demeanor when asked to explain a perceived discrepancy, see Singh-Kaur, 183 F.3d at 1151. Accordingly, Wu's withholding of removal claim fails. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Although the BIA failed to address Wu's contentions that the IJ was biased and did not fully develop the record, the error was harmless because it would not affect the result.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.