Kaur

Kaur v. Ashcroft

Good Law
84 F. App'x 840
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 18, 2003No. 02-73582; Agency No. A72-684-494California324 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jaswinder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application 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 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 in that Kaur provided contradictory accounts about which political organizations she supported in India, the location of her third arrest, and the nature of the torture that followed her third arrest. See Valderama v. INS, 260 F.3d 1083 , 1085 (9th Cir.2001) (per curiam).

Contrary to Kaur’s contention, the IJ did not err in relying on the asylum officer’s testimony at the deportation hearing or on the officer’s interview notes. See Espinoza v. INS, 45 F.3d 308, 309-11 (9th Cir.1995). The officer testified that he took the notes during the asylum interview, Kaur’s counsel cross-examined him at the…

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