Ha

MEMORANDUM **

Lina Ha, a citizen and native of China, petitions for review of the final removal order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which affirmed without opinion the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) finding Ha not credible and denying her application for asylum, withholding, and Convention Against Torture relief. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

We review the IJ’s decision because the BIA affirmed summarily. See Khup v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 898, 902 (9th Cir.2004). Our review is deferential, requiring only a “legitimate articulable basis to question the petitioner’s credibility, and ... a specific, cogent reason for any stated disbelief.” Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992 (9th Cir.2003) (quotations omitted).

The IJ gave a number of legitimate bases for disbelieving Ha’s testimony, and supported them with specific examples. He noted that although she testified she had been persecuted on religious grounds, she returned to China the same year with religious materials, claiming she was motivated by business although she could have sent or faxed in her report from the California branch office of her employer. Ha’s testimony…