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Date Created: 2019-09-13 21:00:27.238051+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                        FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        SEP 13 2019
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JINGHUI LU,                                     No. 13-72427

                Petitioner,                     Agency No. A087-601-052

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,

                Respondent.

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

                          Submitted September 11, 2019**

Before:      TROTT, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

      Jinghui Lu, 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 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 the agency’s factual findings,

      *
             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).
applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the

REAL ID Act. Jin v. Holder, 748 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the

petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination

based on Lu’s submission of a falsified document, and the inconsistency between

Lu’s testimony and asylum application as to her employment in China. See id. at

966-67 (fraudulent document properly considered and adverse credibility

determination supported under the totality of the circumstances). Lu’s

explanations do not compel a contrary result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241,

1245 (9th Cir. 2000). Thus, in the absence of credible testimony, in this case, Lu’s

asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d
1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).

      Lu’s CAT claim fails because it is based on the same testimony the agency

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

is more likely than not she would be tortured by or with the consent or

acquiescence of the government if returned to China. See id. at 1156-57.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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