Case Name: Vaskin DERBASIKHIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-06-12
Citations: 522 F. App'x 397
Docket Number: No. 10-70727
Parties: Vaskin DERBASIKHIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 522
Pages: 397–398

Head Matter:
Vaskin DERBASIKHIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-70727.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 10, 2013.
Filed June 12, 2013.
Houman Varzandeh, VHF Law Group, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Anna Nelson, Christopher Buchanan, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BERZON, 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
Vaskin Derbasikhian, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo the agency's legal determinations and review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Derbasikhian established changed or extraordinary circumstances excusing his untimely asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4)-(5); 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D) (changed circumstances must "materially affect the applicant's eligibility for asylum[.]"). We reject Derba-sikhian's contention that the BIA ignored evidence that showed changed circumstances in Syria between 2001 and 2004. Consequently, his asylum claim fails.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistency between Derba-sikhian's asylum application and testimony about whether or not he lost consciousness after being beaten in a park. See Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1071 (9th Cir.2007) (inconsistencies between testimony and declaration regarding the degree of abuse supported adverse credibility determination); Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir.2011) ("[mjaterial alterations in the applicant's account of persecution are sufficient to support an adverse credibility finding."). Derbasikhian's explanations do not compel a contrary result. See Kohli 4:73 F.3d at 1071. Further, contrary to his contention, the BIA did not find that he "did not explain the inconsistency." In the absence of credible testimony, Derbasikhian's withholding of removal claim fails. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Finally, Derbasikhian's CAT claim also fails because is based on the same testimony found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the conclusion that it is more likely than not he will be tortured if returned to Syria. See Almaghzar v. Gonzales, 457 F.3d 915, 923 (9th Cir.2006) (record showed torture occurred in petitioner's home country but did not compel finding that petitioner would be tortured).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.