Davtian

MEMORANDUM **

Anahit Davtian, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, see INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), we deny the petition for review.

Davtian, whose mother is from Azerbaijan, testified that she feared returning to Armenia because of persecution of Armenians of Azerbaijani descent. Yet, she acknowledged that after she allegedly fled Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, in December 1991, she returned there for months-long visits on at least three occasions between 1992 and 1994, without incident. 1 Davtian also testified that she held an important position at a government-run academic institution in Yerevan, yet she did not claim that she lost her job or suffered any on-the-job mistreatment as a result of her ethnic heritage. The IJ’s adverse credibility finding is therefore supported by substantial evidence. 2 See…