Case Name: Nagih AL SHOJA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-06
Citations: 449 F. App'x 604
Docket Number: No. 07-74261
Parties: Nagih AL SHOJA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FISHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WU, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 449
Pages: 604–605

Head Matter:
Nagih AL SHOJA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-74261.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 31, 2011.
Filed Sept. 6, 2011.
Kathleen May Lord-Black, Lord Black Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Kiley L. Kane, Esquire, Kathryn McKinney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before: FISHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WU, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable George H. Wu, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner Nagih Al Shoja (Al Shoja) petitions this court for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture (CAT). A1 Shoja also challenges the BIA's denial of his motion to reopen premised on ineffective assistance of counsel, and the denial of cancellation of removal and voluntary departure.
1. Substantial evidence supported the BIA's denial of A1 Shoja's requests for asylum and withholding of removal based on its adverse credibility determination, as there were numerous material inconsistencies between A1 Shoja's applications and his testimony. See Rizk v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1083, 1088 (9th Cir.2011) ("Major inconsistencies on issues material to the alien's claim of persecution constitute substantial evidence supporting an adverse credibility determination (citation omitted); see also Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 742-45 (9th Cir.2007).
2. Substantial evidence supported the BIA's denial of A1 Shoja's CAT claim given its adverse credibility determination and A1 Shoja's failure to present any evidence warranting CAT relief. See Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1048-49 (9th Cir.2010). The IJ and BIA gave sufficient consideration to A1 Shoja's medical and mental conditions when denying his CAT claim. See Don, 476 F.3d at 744 ("The [BIA] adequately articulated [its] decision and did not abuse its discretion by failing to interpret the evidence in the manner advocated by [Al Shoja].").
3. Applying the requisite due process standard, the BIA properly denied A1 Sho-ja's motion to reopen because A1 Shoja failed to demonstrate that his counsel was ineffective or that "the proceeding [was] so fundamentally unfair that [A1 Shoja was] prevented from reasonably presenting [his] case." Torres-Chavez v. Holder, 567 F.3d 1096, 1100 (9th Cir.2009) (citation omitted).
4. Although A1 Shoja challenges the IJ's moral character determination, the IJ alternatively held that A1 Shoja failed to demonstrate the requisite extreme hardship. We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ's extreme hardship determination. See Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1056, 1063 (9th Cir.2010), as amended. Therefore, we do not reach A1 Shoja's moral character arguments.
5. "We lack jurisdiction to review this discretionary [denial of voluntary departure] determination...." Esquivel-Garcia v. Holder, 593 F.3d 1025, 1030 (9th Cir.2010) (citations omitted).
Petition Denied.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.