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Date Created: 2012-03-06 21:03:04+00
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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            MAR 06 2012

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

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

QING LIN,                                         No. 09-73420

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A099-524-163

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted February 21, 2012 **

Before:        FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

       Qing Lin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of

Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s

(“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and

protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is

          *
             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).
governed by 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 in part and dismiss in part the petition for

review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination

based on the inconsistencies regarding the nature of Lin’s claim and the

circumstances of his wife’s IUD insertion. See id. at 1045-48 (adverse credibility

determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of

circumstances”); Goel v. Gonzales, 490 F.3d 735, 739 (9th Cir. 2007) (per curiam)

(inconsistencies between testimony and documentary evidence regarding nature of

attack and injuries suffered supported an adverse credibility finding). Lin’s

explanations do not compel a contrary conclusion. See Rivera v. Mukasey, 508

F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th Cir. 2007). In the absence of credible testimony, Lin’s

asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d

1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).

      Because Lin’s CAT claim is based on the same testimony found to be not

credible, and he does not point to any other evidence that shows it is more likely

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than not that he will be tortured if returned to China, his CAT claim also fails. See

id. at 1156-57.

      Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review Lin’s claim that the IJ violated his due

process rights by refusing to rule on his counsel’s objection because Lin did not

exhaust this claim before the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678

(9th Cir. 2004).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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