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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JUN 22 2016
                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 JIANBO SHAO,                                      No.     14-72815

              Petitioner,                          Agency No. A205-330-702

    v.
                                                   MEMORANDUM*
 LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

              Respondent.

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

                               Submitted June 14, 2016**

Before:        BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

         Jianbo Shao, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’s 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 (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction

         *
             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).
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, 1039-40 (9th Cir.

2010), and review de novo due process claims, Hernandez v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d
1014, 1017 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination

based on Shao’s omission from his asylum application that family planning

officials threatened to sterilize him. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048; Kin v.

Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1056-57 (9th Cir. 2010) (adverse credibility determination

supported by omission of crucial facts from asylum application). Shao’s

explanations do not compel a contrary conclusion. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649
F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir. 2011). In the absence of credible testimony, Shao’s

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

      Finally, Shao’s CAT claim fails because it is based on the same testimony

the agency found not credible, and he does not point to any other evidence in the

record that compels the conclusion that it is more likely than not he would be

tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official in China. See

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id. at 1156-57. We reject his contentions that the agency did not analyze his claim

properly. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to

prevail on a due process claim).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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