Case Name: Xiaozhen WENG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-03
Citations: 667 F. App'x 943
Docket Number: No. 14-72848
Parties: Xiaozhen WENG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 943–943

Head Matter:
Xiaozhen WENG, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-72848
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 26, 2016
Filed August 3, 2016
Thomas Vincent Massucci, Attorney, Thomas V. Massucci, Esq., New York, NY, for Petitioner
Monica Antoun, Esquire, John. D. Williams, Esquire, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, 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
Xiaozhen Weng, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum and 'withholding of removal. 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 agency's adverse credibility determination based on an omission of Weng's father's eye injury, and inconsistencies regarding Weng's passport, an alleged guarantee letter, and the conditions of Weng's release from detention. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the "totality of circumstances,"). Weng's explanations for the inconsistencies and omission do not compel a contrary conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's determination that, even if Weng is Christian and practiced Christianity in the United States, she failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution in China. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1022 (9th Cir. 2006) (petitioner failed to present compelling objective evidence demonstrating a well-founded fear of future persecution). Thus, Weng's asylum claim fails.
Because Weng failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Huang v. Holder, 744 F.3d 1149, 1156 (9th Cir. 2014).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.