Case Name: Karimbhai Nooraji DHUKA, Petitioner v. Loretta LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-02-05
Citations: 633 F. App'x 236
Docket Number: No. 14-60892
Parties: Karimbhai Nooraji DHUKA, Petitioner v. Loretta LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 633
Pages: 236–236

Head Matter:
Karimbhai Nooraji DHUKA, Petitioner v. Loretta LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-60892
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 5, 2016.
Sarfraz Aftab Sharif, Sharif & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Julia Jennings Tyler, Esq., Tangerlia Cox, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before BARKSDALE, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Karimbhai Nooraji Dhuka, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) dismissing his challenge to an Immigration Judge's (IJ) denying his application. for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Dhuka asserts the IJ and BIA erred in determining he was not credible.
Credibility determinations "must be supported by specific and cogent reasons derived from the record". Zhang v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 339, 344 (5th Cir.2005); see also Wang v. Holder, 569 F.3d 531, 537 (5th Cir.2009). Because the BIA considered the IJ's adverse credibility determination, both the BIA and IJ decisions are reviewed. Shaikh v. Holder, 588 F.3d 861, 863 (5th Cir.2009). In that regard, "[w]e defer . to an IJ's.credibility determination unless, from the totality of the circumstances, it is plain that no reasonable fact-finder could make such an adverse credibility ruling". Wang, 569 F.3d at 538.
In this instance, the IJ and the BIA gave such "specific and cogent reasons" to support the adverse credibility determination. Although Dhuka attributed the inconsistencies' in his testimony to his mental suffering and fear, and to advice received from detainees at the detention center, the absence of corroborating evidence in the record does not compel a different conclusion regarding Dhuka's lack of credibility. Furthermore, the decision to deny relief from removal was based upon a credibility decision; consequently, we need not address Dhuka's claims that he otherwise established eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See Chun v. I.N.S., 40 F.3d 76, 78-79 (5th Cir.1994).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.