NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 1 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CHUN SHI, No. 21-569 Agency No. Petitioner, A209-940-137 v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 27, 2023** Before: OWENS, LEE, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges. Petitioner Chun Shi, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ’s”) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review factual * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). findings, including adverse credibility determinations, for substantial evidence. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir. 2010). As the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here. We deny the petition. 1. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding. The REAL ID Act dictates “that an adverse credibility determination must be made after considering the totality of circumstances, and all relevant factors.” Id. at 1040 (internal quotation marks omitted). Relevant factors include “any inaccuracies or falsehoods” and “the consistency between . . . written and oral statements.” 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii). For the adverse credibility determination, we review the reasons explicitly identified by the BIA, and look to the IJ’s decision as a guide to the BIA’s decision. Lai v. Holder, 773 F.3d 966, 970 (9th Cir. 2014). The agency relied on multiple inconsistencies and an omission in Shi’s credible fear interview, written application materials, and testimony to conclude Shi was not credible. See Li v. Garland, 13 F.4th 954, 959 (9th Cir. 2021) (noting that credibility issues “no longer need to go to the heart of a petitioner’s claim”); Dhital v. Mukasey, 532 F.3d 1044, 1050–51 (9th Cir. 2008) (per curiam) (noting that a petitioner with a “propensity for dishonesty” can support an adverse credibility determination (citation omitted)). Specifically, Shi provided inconsistent information about his 2015 application for a U.S. business visa and his employment status during that time. Shi also omitted information about his student visa and subsequent deportation from Japan. 2 21-569 2. Even assuming credibility, for Shi’s asylum claim, we discern no error in the agency’s determination that the harm Shi experienced in China did not rise to the level of past persecution and that he did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution.1 We agree with the agency that Shi’s experience is more similar to Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1017–18, 1020 (9th Cir. 2006), than to Guo v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1194, 1197–98, 1203 (9th Cir. 2004). Moreover, as the agency noted, Shi left China …
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