Bahram Shaffaf v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner Bahram Shaffaf petitions for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Shaffaf, an Iranian citizen, admits that he entered the United States illegally but argues that the BIA erred in denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

‘We review the BIA’s denials of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief for substantial evidence and will uphold a denial supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” Garcia-Milian v. Holder, 755 F.3d 1026, 1031 (9th Cir.2014) (internal quotation marks omitted). The substantial evidence standard is “extremely deferential: administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.” Lianhua Jiang v. Holder, 754 F.3d 733, 738 (9th Cir.2014) (internal quotation marks omitted).

The BIA and the immigration judge found that Shaffafs testimony and evidence were plagued by multiple inconsistencies, implausible claims, material…