Debrezion

*690 MEMORANDUM **

Almaz Debrezion, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) relief based on an adverse credibility finding. We deny the petition for review.

DISCUSSION

An alien establishes her eligibility for asylum by demonstrating a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1170 (9th Cir.2005). Withholding of removal requires showing a clear probability of such persecution. Id. CAT relief is available when the alien demonstrates “it is more likely than not that he or she would be tortured if removed to the proposed country of removal.” Id. at 1172 (internal quotation omitted). When, as here, the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision, we will examine the IJ’s reasons for deeming a person not credible. Shire v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 1288, 1294 (9th Cir.2004).

Debrezion claims she was harassed in Ethiopia because of her Eritrean heritage and that she fled first to…