Kaur

MEMORANDUM **

Parminder Kaur petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) adverse credibility finding and denial of petitioner’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.

Because the BIA adopted the IJ’s reasoning and result, we review the IJ’s decision. Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003). We review findings of fact, including credibility findings, for substantial evidence. Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149 (9th Cir.1999). The “substantial evidence” standard is deferential to the agency findings; we must uphold the findings “unless the evidence presented would compel a reasonable finder of fact to reach a contrary result.” Id. at 1149-50 (emphasis in original).

We agree with petitioner that most of the inconsistencies noted by the IJ are not supported by the record. Yet under our deferential standard of review, we conclude two inconsistencies provide the requisite substantial evidence to support the IJ’s conclusion petitioner was not…