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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                             AUG 8 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JIANPING SU,                                    No. 22-867
                                                Agency No.
             Petitioner,                        A206-670-855
 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,

             Respondent.

                   On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                       Board of Immigration Appeals

                            Submitted July 18, 2023**

Before:      SCHROEDER, RAWLINSON, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

      Jianping Su, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an

immigration judge’s decision denying her applications 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

      *
            This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not
precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse

credibility determinations under 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 inconsistencies regarding Su and her daughter’s escape

from family planning officials, and Su’s demeanor during her daughter’s

testimony. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility finding reasonable under the

totality of the circumstances); Manes v. Sessions, 875 F.3d 1261, 1263-64 (9th

Cir. 2017) (agency’s demeanor finding was supported where IJ provided

“specific, first-hand observations”). Su’s explanations do not compel a contrary

conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). Thus, in the

absence of credible testimony, in this case, Su’s asylum and withholding of

removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.

2003).

      Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT protection

because Su’s claim was based on the same testimony the agency found not

credible, and Su does not point to any other evidence in the record that compels

the conclusion that it is more likely than not she would be tortured in China.

See id. at 1157.

      We do not consider the materials Su references in her opening brief that

are not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963-64

(9th Cir. 1996) (en banc).

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The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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