Maro Avdalyan v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Maro Avdalyan, a native of Iran and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, including the agency’s adverse credibility findings. Cortez-Pineda v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1118, 1124 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based on the inconsistencies between Avdalyan’s asylum application and testimony regarding when she became a Jehovah’s Witness, whether her father or husband was persecuted as a Jehovah’s Witness, and her longest hospitalization. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000) (significant and relevant discrepancies between asylum application and testimony supported adverse credibility finding). Avda-lyan’s explanations for these inconsistencies do not compel a contrary conclusion. See id.' Thus, in the absence of credible testimony, Avdalyan’s asylum and…