Case Name: Edith Gathoni WAITHIRA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-27
Citations: 699 F. App'x 737
Docket Number: No. 15-72622
Parties: Edith Gathoni WAITHIRA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 699
Pages: 737–738

Head Matter:
Edith Gathoni WAITHIRA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-72622
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 23, 2017
Filed October 27, 2017
Edith Gathoni Waithira, Pro Se
Yanal H. Yousef, Trial Attorney, OIL, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
Before: McKEOWN, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, 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
Edith Gathoni Waithira, a native and citizen of Kenya, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her 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, 1039-40 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the omission from Waithira's declarations of the only direct threats from her alleged persecutors, and inconsistencies between her testimony and documentary evidence. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination reasonable when "grounded in the record and based on real problems with [petitioner's] testimony, not mere trivialities."); Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973-74 (9th Cir. 2011) (material alterations in the applicant's account may provide substantial evidence to support an adverse credibility finding). Waith- ira's explanations do not compel a contrary result. See Zamanov, 649 F.3d at 974. We reject Waithira's contention that the agency erred in its consideration of her corroborative evidence. See Garcia v. Holder, 749 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2014) (petitioner's documentary evidence was insufficient to rehabilitate credibility or independently support claim). In the absence of credible testimony, in this case, Waithira's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Waithira's CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same testimony the agency found not credible, and Waithira does not point to any evidence that compels the conclusion that it is more likely than not she would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to. Kenya. See id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.