Case Name: LONGRI NAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-11-25
Citations: 546 F. App'x 658
Docket Number: No. 11-73334
Parties: LONGRI NAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 658–659

Head Matter:
LONGRI NAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-73334.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 19, 2013.
Filed Nov. 25, 2013.
Daniel Fong, Fong Law Group, Inc., Monterey Park, CA, for Petitioner.
Andrea Gevas, OIL, 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: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, 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
Longri Nan, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dis missing 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 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's adverse credibility determination, based on Nan's inconsistent and admittedly dishonest statements regarding his place of birth and elementary school, the discrepancy between his testimony and supporting documentation regarding when he moved, and his failure to provide corroborating evidence of his employment requested by the IJ. See id. at 1043-44; Ren v. Holder, 648 F.3d 1079, 1093-94 (9th Cir.2011). The agency was not compelled to accept Nan's explanations for these inconsistencies. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011). In the absence of credible testimony, Nan's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Nan's CAT claim is based on the same testimony the BIA found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the conclusion that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to China, his CAT claim also fails. See id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.