Pinbin Zhao v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
PINBIN ZHAO,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 13-73959
Agency No. A089-886-745
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted March 15, 2016**
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Pinbin Zhao, 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 and withholding of removal.
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence
* 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).
FILED
MAR 21 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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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,
1039-1040 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination
based on discrepancies the IJ identified between Zhao’s testimony and declaration
about his encounter with family planning officials. See id. at 1048 (adverse
credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID Act’s totality of the
circumstances standard). In reaching this conclusion we do not rely on any alleged
discrepancy as to the diamond ring. In the absence of credible testimony, Zhao’s
asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, F.3d 1153,
1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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