Ali

MEMORANDUM **

Mohammad Ali, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of the order by the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying Ali’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

Ali, a member of the Muslim League Party, asserts that he was arrested, falsely accused of treason and being an agent for the Indian Secret Service, detained, and imprisoned. On appeal, Ali claims that (1) substantial evidence does not support the IJ’s adverse credibility determination and (2) he was persecuted by the Pakistani government when he was allegedly prosecuted without being provided any written charges, police reports, or the opportunity to present evidence in a court of law. Because substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination and Ali offers no further proof of persecution aside from his own discredited testimony, we affirm.

We afford great deference to an IJ’s adverse credibility finding, applying the “substantial evidence test.” See Valderrama v. INS, 260 F.3d 1083, 1085 (9th Cir. 2001). We must uphold the IJ’s credibility…