Azabo
Azabo v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Muthana Yousif Azabo is a Chaldean Christian native of Iraq who entered the United States in February 2000 and applied for asylum later that same month. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) did not grant his application, and instead referred the application for adjudication by an immigration judge (IJ). During proceedings before the IJ, Azabo conceded his removability from the United States and sought renewal of his asylum application as well as withholding of removal and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The IJ found that Azabo was not credible and that he had knowingly filed a frivolous asylum application. The IJ ordered Azabo re *692 moved to Iraq. The Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirmed without opinion. We affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recite them in detail.
“[T]he IJ established a legitimate, articulable basis to question [Azabo’s] credibility and offered specific, cogent reasons for disbelief.” Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003). Moreover, the IJ’s adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence. See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217,…