Ferida Kasnecovic v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General

Ferida Kasnecovic, a nátive and citizen of Yugoslavia, petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). An Immigration Judge (IJ) found that Kasneeovic’s asylum application was untimely and that Kasne-covic did not establish extraordinary circumstances to excuse that untimeliness. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(2)(B), (D) (2000). As an alternative finding, the IJ denied Kasnecovie’s asylum claim on the merits, based on an adverse credibility determination. Finally, the IJ denied Kasnecovic’s petitions for withholding of removal and CAT relief.

We have jurisdiction over the petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1). Because substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination, we deny the petition as to the withholding of removal and CAT claims and dismiss the petition as to the asylum claim.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

We review the BIA’s decision to determine whether it is “supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112…