Jameel

MEMORANDUM

Milad Gorgis Jameel, an ethnic Chaldean and native of Iraq, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision dismissing his appeal and denying his motion to remand after an immigration judge (IJ) found Jameel ineligible for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) because of an adverse credibility determination. We have jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We look to the IJ’s decision because the BIA engaged in deferential review. See de Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391 , 393 (9th Cir.1997). The facts of this case are known to the parties. We need not repeat them here.

We review adverse credibility determinations for substantial evidence. Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1054 (9th Cir.2010). Under pre-REAL ID Act law, we will accept an adverse credibility finding as long as the IJ identified one ground in making his ruling that is supported by substantial evidence which goes to the heart of the petitioner’s claim. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004).

Substantial evidence in the record supports the IJ’s finding of inconsistencies in Jameel’s account of the…