Mouradian

MEMORANDUM **

Armen Mouradian, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review.

I

Mouradian contends that the BIA proceedings were fundamentally unfair because he did not have a copy of the IJ’s decision that included the IJ’s handwritten corrections prior to filing his appeal. However, Mouradian has not shown prejudice, for the corrections were trivial. See Getachew v. INS, 25 F.3d 841, 845 (9th Cir. 1994) (due process challenge to deportation proceedings requires a showing of prejudice to succeed).

II

Mouradian argues that the record lacks substantial evidence for denial of asylum. Mouradian’s testimony was the only evidence submitted in support of his application. Both the IJ and the BIA found Mouradian lacked credibility. We have held that asylum applicants’ testimony alone may be sufficient to establish their asylum claim if it is internally consistent. Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1072 (9th Cir.2000). We have also held that “ ‘this court does not require…