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Date Created: 2011-06-24 00:01:33+00
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             JUN 23 2011

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

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SHUNXING SONG,                                   No. 09-70108

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A088-104-633

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

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted June 15, 2011 **

Before:        CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

       Shunxing Song, 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 relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction

          *
             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).
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 (9th Cir.

2010), and review de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210

F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000). We deny the petition for review.

      The IJ found Song not credible for several reasons, including an

inconsistency between Song’s testimony and his documentary evidence regarding

his employment history in China, as well as his failure adequately to explain this

inconsistency. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility

determination. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1040-44 (adverse credibility

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

circumstances”). In the absence of credible testimony, Song’s asylum and

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

(9th Cir. 2003).

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

credible, and he points to no other evidence the IJ should have considered,

substantial evidence also supports the denial of CAT relief. See id. at 1156-57.

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      Finally, the record does not support Song’s contention that the IJ was biased.

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

prejudice to prevail in due process claim).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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