NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 7 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MD J ISLAM, No. 16-72939 Petitioner, Agency No. A206-915-545 v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 5, 2019** Seattle, Washington Before: GOULD and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges, and R. COLLINS,*** District Judge. Md. Johirul Islam, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from the * 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). *** The Honorable Raner C. Collins, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum and withholding of removal.1 Islam testified that he fears persecution from the Awami League for his involvement with the Bangladesh National Party. Islam also argues that the IJ violated his due process rights by failing to give him adequate notice of his right to obtain counsel and an opportunity to do so. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny Islam’s petition for review. 1. Substantial evidence supported the IJ’s adverse credibility finding. Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1054 (9th Cir. 2010) (“We review an adverse credibility finding for substantial evidence.”). The IJ and BIA identified at least five inconsistencies between Islam’s in-court testimony, the credible fear interview, the Record of Sworn Statement, and other record evidence. For example, Islam was inconsistent about the year he first encountered the Awami League, and the IJ did not find his explanation about the inconsistency to be adequate. Islam also claimed during his interview and in his asylum application that he was physically attacked 1 The IJ also denied Islam’s application for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). However, the BIA deemed the issue waived because Islam had “not meaningfully appeal[ed] the denial of his application for protection under the [CAT]” to the BIA. To the extent Islam now raises the CAT issue, we lack jurisdiction to review it because Islam failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Vargas v. U.S. Dep’t of Immigration & Naturalization, 831 F.2d 906, 907–08 (9th Cir. 1987) (“Failure to raise an issue in an appeal to the BIA constitutes a failure to exhaust remedies with respect to that question and deprives this court of jurisdiction to hear the matter.”). 2 in May 2013, December 2013, and January 2014. But he testified at the hearing that during the December 2013 incident, he was not beaten; rather, he was threatened and allowed to walk away. 2. The BIA did not err in concluding that the IJ had given Islam adequate notice of his right to obtain counsel and an opportunity to do so. “The ...
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