Case Name: Rufino DOMINGUEZ-SANCHEZ, a.k.a., Jose Santos Lozano-Montoya, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-05-05
Citations: 431 F. App'x 567
Docket Number: No. 08-70986
Parties: Rufino DOMINGUEZ-SANCHEZ, a.k.a., Jose Santos Lozano-Montoya, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 431
Pages: 567–568

Head Matter:
Rufino DOMINGUEZ-SANCHEZ, a.k.a., Jose Santos Lozano-Montoya, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70986.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 20, 2011.
Filed May 5, 2011.
Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Choi, Esquire, Law Offices of Jorge Rodriguez-Choi, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner.
Brianne Whelan Cohen, Trial, Andrew Nathan O’Malley, Trial, Oil, Carol Federighi, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, Ernesto Horacio Molina, Jr., Esquire, Sen ior Litigation Counsel, 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: RYMER, THOMAS, and PAEZ, 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
Rufino Dominguez-Sanchez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Dhital v. Mukasey, 532 F.3d 1044, 1051 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination because Dominguez-Sanchez admitted to lying about his identity for purposes of seeking asylum, obtaining a work permit, and in other interactions with government officials. See id. (affirming adverse credibility determination on the basis of petitioner's "initial filing of a fraudulent asylum application, combined with his repetition of his fabricated narrative in his asylum interview and in his first hearing before the IJ"). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based upon the omission of the 1988 detention by guerillas from Dominguez-Sanchez's original asylum application, see Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962-64 (9th Cir.2004), and his failure to provide reasonable explanations for the omission, see Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th Cir.2007). In the absence of credible testimony, Dominguez-Sanchez's claims for asylum and withholding of removal fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.