Kaur

MEMORANDUM **

Jaswinder Kaur (“Kaur”), a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) order denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The BIA denied the appeal principally on the grounds that: (1) Kaur’s *710 testimony regarding persecution she allegedly suffered during two detentions was contradictory; (2) she failed to testify knowledgeably with respect to the political environment in Punjab and the organization to which she purportedly belonged; and (3) she offered contradictory testimony with respect to the origin of her documentary evidence.

We determine that the BIA’s adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence. See Mejia-Paiz v. INS, 111 F.3d 720 , 723 (9th Cir.1997) (review of credibility findings is for “substantial evidence.”). The record shows that the numerous inconsistencies in Kaur’s testimony and documentary evidence cited by the BIA relate directly to and cast doubt on the circumstances central to her claims of persecution as well as her identity. C f. Pandan v. INS, 227 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir.2000)…