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                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           NOV 19 2012

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUAN EDGARDO CERNA-                               No. 11-73001
HERNANDEZ,
                                                  Agency No. A072-989-416
               Petitioner,

  v.                                              MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted November 13, 2012 **

Before:        CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

       Juan Edgardo Cerna-Hernandez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions

pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal

from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum,

withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
(“CAT”). 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 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination

based on the significant discrepancy between Cerna-Hernandez’s prior asylum

application and the one he filed in 2011 regarding the basis of his claim. See

Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir. 2011) (“Material alterations in the

applicant’s account of persecution are sufficient to support an adverse credibility

finding.”). The agency reasonably rejected Cerna-Hernandez’s explanations for the

discrepancy. See id. at 974. In the absence of credible testimony, Cerna-

Hernandez’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v.

Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).

      Because Cerna-Hernandez’s CAT claim is based on the same statements

found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the finding that it is

more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to El Salvador, his CAT

claim also fails. See id. at 1156-57.

      Finally, we do not consider the materials Cerna-Hernandez submitted in his

“Supplement in Support of Petition for Review and Stay of Removal.” See Fisher

                                          2                                      11-73001
v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc) (this court’s review is limited to

the administrative record).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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