Case Name: Bastian HUTAPEA; Umeisa Sinambela, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-01-08
Citations: 361 F. App'x 839
Docket Number: No. 06-71619
Parties: Bastian HUTAPEA; Umeisa Sinambela, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 361
Pages: 839–840

Head Matter:
Bastian HUTAPEA; Umeisa Sinambela, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-71619.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 15, 2009.
Filed Jan. 8, 2010.
Armin Skalmowski, Law Office of Armin Skalmowski, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioners.
CAC-District, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes lilis case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Bastían Hutapea and his wife, Umeisa Sinambela, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's adverse credibility determination, Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002), and dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's determination that petitioners failed to demonstrate changed circumstances excusing the untimely filing of their asylum application because the underlying facts are disputed. Cf. Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition as to the asylum claim.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination because Hutapea's testimony about the harm his mother-in-law suffered was materially inconsistent with his prior testimony and declarations. See Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1071 (9th Cir.2007). In the absence of credible testimony, Hutapea failed to establish eligibility for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Finally, because Hutapea's CAT claim is based on the same testimony the agency found not credible, and he points to no other evidence the agency should have considered, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief. See id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.