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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JUN 04 2010

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

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

XI TIAN HE,                                      No. 07-72914

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A076-279-200

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

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted May 25, 2010 **

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

       Xi Tian He, a native and citizen of China, petitions 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 (“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 factual findings for substantial evidence,

Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 2008), and we review de novo

claims of due process violations, Colemnar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.

2000). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

       The record does not compel reversal of the agency’s adverse credibility

determination because He’s testimony was inconsistent with his wife’s declaration

as to whether his wife had been forcibly sterilized, see Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d

1250, 1257-58 (9th Cir. 2003), and He’s explanation does not compel a contrary

conclusion, see Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). In the absence

of credible testimony, He’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See

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

      He’s due process claim regarding faulty translation fails because the

transcriber did not indicate he was experiencing any difficulty in translation, He’s

counsel was able to correct and clarify He’s testimony before the IJ, see Kotasz v.

INS, 31 F.3d 847, 850 n. 2 (9th Cir. 1994), and He failed to establish that a better

translation likely would have made a difference in the outcome, see Acewicz v.

INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1063 (9th Cir. 1993).

      Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review He’s CAT claim because he did not

raise it to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004).

                                           2                                    07-72914
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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