Case Name: LI XIAO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-01
Citations: 637 F. App'x 452
Docket Number: No. 13-73304
Parties: LI XIAO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 637
Pages: 452–452

Head Matter:
LI XIAO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-73304.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 24, 2016.
Filed March 1, 2016.
Richard Lucero, Law Office of Richard Lucero, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, Shahrzad Baghai, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, 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
Li Xiao, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") 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 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.'
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the IJ's demeanor finding, as well as the omission from Xiao's written application of the injuries he suffered from beatings by the police or the car accident that served as a motivation for his adoption of Christianity. See id, at 1048 (adverse credibility determination reasonable under the "totality of circumstances"). Xiao's explanations do not compel a contrary result. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011). In the absence of credible testimony, Xiao's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of Xiao's CAT claim because it was based on the same testimony found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the finding that it is more likely than not Xiao would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to China, See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048-49.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.