Libin He v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Jayakanth Balasubramanian, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal and relief 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 we deny the petition for review.

' Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on an inconsistency as to alleged harm against Balasubramanian’s family, and the omission from Balasubramanian’s asylum application of his uncle’s candidacy and Balasubramanian’s personal harm. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination supported under the totality of circumstances); see also 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. ). Balasubra-manian’s…