Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-04-14 20:13:36.084969+00
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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             APR 14 2014

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

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JI LIN,                                           No. 13-71225

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A088-089-743

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

               Respondent.

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

                              Submitted April 7, 2014**

Before:        TASHIMA, GRABER, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

       Ji 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

decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have

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

          *
             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).
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 we deny the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination

based on Lin’s omission from his asylum application and declaration that the

police urged fellow prisoners to beat him, and that the police made visits to his

home after they released him from custody. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969,

973 (9th Cir. 2011) (“Material alterations in the applicant’s account of persecution

are sufficient to support an adverse credibility finding.”). Lin’s explanations for

the omissions do not compel a contrary conclusion. See id. at 974. 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).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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