Dembo Camara v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 24 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DEMBO CAMARA, No. 09-72365
Petitioner, Agency No. A078-675-797
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 17, 2012 **
Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Dembo Camara, a native and citizen of Mauritania, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 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
*
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).
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the
agency’s factual findings, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir. 2001),
and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination
because Camara omitted from his asylum application that government forces shot
and killed his parents and sister at the time of his own detention, see Alvarez-
Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1254 (9th Cir. 2003), and his testimony was vague
and lacking in detail, see Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1153 (9th Cir. 1999)
(level of specificity appropriate consideration in adverse credibility determination).
In the absence of credible testimony, Camara’s asylum and withholding of removal
claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Because Camara’s CAT claim is based on the same testimony found to be
not credible, and he points to no other evidence that shows it is more likely than
not he would be tortured if returned to Mauritania, his CAT claim also fails. See
id. at 1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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