Case Name: George Agnel GODINHO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-02-23
Citations: 367 F. App'x 767
Docket Number: No. 07-70931
Parties: George Agnel GODINHO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 367
Pages: 767–769

Head Matter:
George Agnel GODINHO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-70931.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed Feb. 23, 2010.
Manpreet Singh Gahra, Law Office of Manpreet Singh Gahra, Berkeley, CA, for Petitioner.
Ethan B. Ranter, Michael P. Linde-mann, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, 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
George Agnel Godinho, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") 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 adverse credibility findings, Tekle v. Mukasey, 533 F.3d 1044, 1051 (9th Cir. 2008), and we review de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility determination based upon Godinho's omission of statements by police indicating they persecuted him account of his Christian religion from his declaration. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004); Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061, 1067 (9th Cir.2005). Godinho's explanations for the omission do not compel the conclusion he is credible. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). Absent credible testimony, Godinho's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Godinho's due process contention fails because the IJ warned him that by signing his asylum application he was asserting the information in the application was complete, and the lack of any express warning by the IJ that she could draw an adverse credibility determination based upon omissions did not render the proceedings "fundamentally unfair." See Colmenar, 210 F.3d at 971 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's denial of CAT relief because Godinho failed to establish it was more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to India. See Hasan v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 1114, 1123 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.