Petros Hakobyan v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Petros Hakobyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, including the agency’s adverse credibility findings. Cortez-Pineda v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1118, 1124 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

Hakobyan testified regarding a hit-and-run incident in which Hakobyan’s daughter was struck by a car while crossing the street, and to the alleged poisoning of his wife and daughters, but his original declaration submitted with his asylum application does not mention these incidents. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973-74 (9th Cir.2011) (additional incidents recounted in petitioner’s subsequent written statements and testimony materially altered the account of persecution sufficiently to support an adverse credibility finding). Hakobyan’s explanations of the inconsistencies and omission do not compel a contrary result. See id. at 974…