Sinanyan

MEMORANDUM **

Israyel Sinanyan, a native of Syria and citizen of Armenia, and his wife, Astgik Nazaretyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) denial of their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

The record supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because Sinanyan presented two hospital documents that were internally inconsistent, and inconsistent with Sinanyan’s testimony, regarding when and where he was treated for his claimed injuries. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 938 (9th Cir.2000) (upholding adverse credibility determination where inconsistencies cast serious doubt on whether the attack actually occurred). Additionally, in his asylum application, Sinanyan stated that he was forced to divorce his wife; whereas, in his testimony, Sinanyan made no mention of a divorce.…