Jianbo Shao v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

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 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, 624 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…