Case Name: CHUANG MING CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-22
Citations: 516 F. App'x 633
Docket Number: No. 11-71322
Parties: CHUANG MING CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 516
Pages: 633–634

Head Matter:
CHUANG MING CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71322.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 16, 2013.
Filed April 22, 2013.
Jisheng Li, Law Office of Jisheng Li, Honolulu, HI, for Petitioner.
OIL, Carlton Frederick Sheffield, 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: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, 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
Chuang Ming Chen, a native and citizen of China, 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 and withholding of removal. 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), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on both the significant inconsistency regarding the basis for Chen's asylum claim and the inconsistency regarding the date of his wife's forced sterilization by family planning authorities in China. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1046-47. The agency was not compelled to accept Chen's explanations for the inconsistencies. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011). We reject Chen's contention the BIA ignored his explanation for the inconsistent dates he provided for his wife's forced sterilization. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir.2010) (the BIA "does not have to write an exegesis on every contention"). In the absence of credible testimony, Chen's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
phjg disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.