Case Name: BAOQING XU, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-01-26
Citations: 632 F. App'x 366
Docket Number: No. 13-71645
Parties: BAOQING XU, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 632
Pages: 366–367

Head Matter:
BAOQING XU, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-71645.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 20, 2016.
Filed Jan. 26, 2016.
Baoqing Xu, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
OIL, Edward Earl Wiggers, Esquire, 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: ANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, 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
Baoqing Xu, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") 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"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We preview 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 in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies between Xu's testimony and written application regarding when he organized fellow farmers to confront the local government, Cortez-Pineda v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1118, 1124 (9th Cir.2010) (change in date of past harm was material and supported adverse credibility determination), and based on Xu's inability to provide names of any of the other farmers with whom he was arrested, see Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048 (adverse credibility determination reasonable under the totality of circumstances); see also Jin v. Holder, 748 F.3d 959, 966 (9th Cir.2014) (lack of detail in testimony supported adverse credibility determination). We reject Xu's contention that the IJ failed to properly consider his explanations for the inconsistencies. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011). We do not address Xu's argument that the IJ failed to comply with Ren v. Holder 648 F.3d 1079 (9th Cir.2011), because the BIA expressly did not reach the IJ's failure to corroborate finding. In the absence of credible testimony, Xu's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
We lack jurisdiction over Xu's CAT claim because he did not exhaust it before the BIA, See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004).
Finally, we also lack jurisdiction over Xu's request for prosecutorial discretion. See Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir.2012) (order).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.