Case Name: FAN JIN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-22
Citations: 667 F. App'x 231
Docket Number: No. 14-72785
Parties: FAN JIN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 231–232

Head Matter:
FAN JIN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-72785
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 14, 2016
FILED June 22, 2016
Melanie Meie Yang, Esquire, Attorney, Law Offices of Melanie M Yang, San Gabriel, CA, for Petitioner.
Michele Yvette Frances Sarko, Esquire, Attorney, OIL, Song Park, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
We deny Jin's request for oral argument and unanimously conclude this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Fan Jin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his 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). We deny the petition for review.
We do not consider the materials Jin references in his opening brief that are not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963-64 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies within Jin's testimony and within the record evidence as to his introduction to Christianity, and on inconsistencies between Jin's testimony and record evidence as to his places of residence. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the "totality of circumstances."). Jin's explanations for the inconsistencies do not compel a contrary result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). In the absence of credible testimony, Jin's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Finally, Jin's CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same testimony the agency found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the conclusion that it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to China. 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.