Tamara Petrosyan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Tamara Petrosyan, a citizen and native of Armenia, petitions for review of a final order of removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “the Board”). The BIA affirmed an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT relief’). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.
Petrosyan contends that substantial evidence does not support "the IJ’s adverse credibility finding — a credibility determination upheld by the BIA after it performed its own review of the evidence and the law. See Joseph v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1235, 1240 (9th Cir.2010) (noting that where the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision and also provides its own review of the evidence and the law, “we review both the IJ and the BIA’s decision”). We must uphold an adverse credibility finding so long as it is supported by substantial evidence. Soto-Olarte v. Holder, 555 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir.2009). Because Petro-syan filed her application for relief before May 11, 2005, the effective date of the REAL ID Act, pre-REAL ID Act standards govern our review. Joseph, 600 F.3d at 1240 n. 3.