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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           AUG 20 2014

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

QINGHE LUO,                                      No. 12-73968

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A098-458-378

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

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted August 13, 2014**

Before:        SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

       Qinghe Luo, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from the

immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of

removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have

          *
             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).
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the

agency’s adverse credibility determination. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038,

1042 (9th Cir. 2001). We deny the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination

based on Luo’s shifting testimony regarding his occupation in China. See Singh-

Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151-52 (9th Cir. 1999); see also Kaur v. Gonzales,

418 F.3d 1061, 1067 (9th Cir. 2005) (inconsistencies and other indications of

dishonesty may deprive a claim of requisite “ring of truth”). Substantial evidence

also supports the BIA’s implausibility finding. See Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d

738, 743 (9th Cir. 2007) (upholding agency’s finding that testimony was

implausible in light of background evidence). Further, the agency was not

compelled to accept Luo’s explanations. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969,

974 (9th Cir. 2011). In the absence of credible testimony, Luo’s asylum and

withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156

(9th Cir. 2003).

      Because Luo’s CAT claim is based on the same evidence the agency found

not credible and Luo does not point to any other evidence in the record to show it

is more likely than not he would be tortured in China, his CAT claim fails. See id.

at 1156-57.

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PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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