Muhammad Goraya v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Muhammad Ashraf Goraya (“Goraya”), a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) adopting and affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Where, as here, “the BIA adopts the decision of the IJ, we review the IJ’s decision as if it were that of the BIA.” See Abebe v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc) (internal quotation marks omitted). We review for substantial evidence the IJ’s factual findings, including adverse credibility findings. Soto-Olarte v. Holder, 555 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding. The IJ offered specific and cogent reasons for her finding based on inconsistencies between Goraya’s oral testimony and his written application, as well as between a police report in the record and his oral testimony. These inconsistencies related to, in part, details concerning the shooting incidents occurring in…