Zewedu

MEMORANDUM **

Hiamanot Zewedu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) opinion affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). She also petitions for review of the BIA’s denial of her motion to reopen on the basis of new evidence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility determinations for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because when the IJ questioned Zewedu’s story and presented conflicting information from the State Department Report, Zedewu failed to present corroborating evidence and could not explain why she could not obtain such evidence. See Chebchoub, 257 F.3d at 1044 .

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Zewedu failed to show that it was more likely than not that she would be tortured upon returning to Ethiopia, and therefore was not entitled to CAT relief. See Kamalthas v. INS, 251 F.3d…