Liu

MEMORANDUM **

Feng Ying Liu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her applications for withholding of deportation and relief under the Convention Against Torture (the “Convention”). The transitional rules of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 apply, and 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 the IJ’s adverse credibility finding for substantial evidence. Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1999). We deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. The IJ concluded that Feng’s demeanor was erratic and “[w]e give ‘special deference’ to a credibility determination that is based on demeanor.” Id. at 1151 . Furthermore, Feng’s evasive responses at the deportation hearing to questions about her knowledge of the illegal gambling scheme to which she had pled guilty supported the IJ’s “decision to give [her] testimony ‘very little weight[.]’ ” See Sarvia-Quintanilla, v. INS, 767 F.2d 1387, 1393…