Case Name: JINGLU QU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-06-29
Citations: 328 F. App'x 401
Docket Number: No. 06-72806
Parties: JINGLU QU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 328
Pages: 401–401

Head Matter:
JINGLU QU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-72806.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 16, 2009.
Filed June 29, 2009.
Jinglu Qu, San Gabriel, CA, pro se.
CAC-District, 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, Joanne E. Johnson, Esq., San Francisco, CA, Ste. 7400 South, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). .

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jinglu Qu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and RA/Research 06-72806 protection under the Convention Against Torture ( CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence findings of fact, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility determination, based on an omission from Qu's asylum application as to key aspects of his detention, and on an internal inconsistency as to the circumstances of his baptism. See Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061, 1067 (9th Cir.2005). Qu failed to adequately explain these discrepancies when given the opportunity, id. at 1066-67, and they go to the heart of his claim, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, Qu's asylum claim fails.
Because Qu failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Qu's CAT claim is based on the same statements the IJ found to be not credible, and he does not point to any other evidence in the record that compels the conclusion that it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to China, substantial evidence supports the BIA's denial of CAT. Id.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.