Muradyan

MEMORANDUM

Armen Muradyan (“Muradyan”), a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision ordering him removed to Armenia. We have jurisdiction over this petition pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), and we deny Mura-dyan’s petition.

The facts of this case are known to the parties. We do not repeat them.

I

The BIA’s findings of fact are reviewed for substantial evidence. Zhao v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 1027, 1029 (9th Cir.2008). We uphold the BIA’s decision if it is “supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” Abebe v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 1037, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc) (internal quotation marks omitted).

II

The BIA’s adverse credibility finding is supported by substantial evidence. The hearing transcript contains numerous examples of Muradyan’s elusive, confused and incoherent responses to the IJ’s questions. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999) (stating that courts “give ‘special deference’ to a credibility determination that is based on demeanor”). Likewise, Muradyan’s testimony about…