Baroi

MEMORANDUM **

Sova Baroi, her adult daughter Sandra Shilpy, and minor son, Stephen Subra, are *683 natives and citizens of Bangladesh. 1 They petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing their appeal of the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000). Because the IJ’s decision was based on legitimate articulable findings questioning Baroi’s credibility and was supported by specific, cogent reasons, Hartooni v. INS, 21 F.3d 336, 342 (9th Cir.1994), we deny the petition.

Sova Baroi submitted an asylum application prepared by someone else. During her interviews with asylum officers, she answered questions in accord with the application. When confronted with contradictory evidence at her deportation hearing, Sova admitted that the application was false, and that she lied to asylum officers in order to be consistent with the false application. Substantial evidence…