Mendoza-Carrillo

MEMORANDUM

Arturo Mendoza-Carillo petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.

The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denied Mendoza-Carillo’s claims for relief because he found Mendoza-Carillo’s testimony both internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the documents in evidence. We review credibility findings for substantial evidence. Tawadrus v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir.2004). The adverse credibility determination must be upheld “unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude the contrary.” Id. (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B)). The evidence here does not compel a contrary result; rather it substantially supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. The school certificate and Mendoza-Carillo’s own statements materially contradict each other and go to the heart of his claim for asylum. The same lack of credibility dooms his claims for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156-57 (9th…