Karine Movsesyan v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Karine Movsesyan petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“Board”) opinion denying Movsesyan asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Underlying the Board’s decision was the determination that Movsesyan did not testify credibly about her history of whistle blowing, her ties to Arkady Vardanian, the leader of an opposition political party, and her abuse and persecution by the Armenian government. Because we con- elude that the Board’s adverse credibility finding is supported by substantial evidence, we deny the petition.

Movsesyan argues in part that the adverse credibility finding was unwarranted because (1) the Board erroneously relied on a State Department consular report and a forensic report from ICE to conclude that she had submitted fraudulent documents in support of her application and (2) the Board failed to consider Movsesyan’s psychologist’s testimony. We do not have jurisdiction to consider these issues. Movsesyan raised these issues for the first time in her motion to reopen under the Board’s sua sponte authority, and the Board denied that motion. That was entirely within the Board’s discretion. See…