Kaur

MEMORANDUM **

Kamaljit Kaur is a native and citizen of India. Kaur petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision which affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

Where, as here, “the BIA reviews the IJ’s decision de novo, our review is limited to the BIA’s decision, except to the extent that the IJ’s opinion is expressly adopted.” See Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1067 (9th Cir.2000). We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042-43 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny this petition for. review.

The IJ offered specific and cogent reasons for his credibility determination based on a demeanor finding, a lack of responsiveness regarding the central aspect of Kaur’s claim, and a failure to corroborate her case in San Francisco with a key witness who lived nearby in San Jose. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999); see also Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1089-92 (9th Cir.2000). Thus, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s…