Narayan

Narayan v. Gonzales

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176 F. App'x 789
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 12, 2006No. 04-72805California303 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Anand Narayan, Catherine Narayan, and their children, Derrick Narayan and Deran Narayan, are natives and citizens of Fiji. Petitioners petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) opinion which affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

‘Where, as here, the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision while adding its own reasons, we review both decisions.” See Kataria v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000). We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition.

The IJ offered at least one specific, cogent reason for his credibility determination based on discrepancies regarding the circumstances of the May 2000 rob *791 bery. Because this goes to the heart of petitioners’ claim, substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility determination. See id.; see also Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004) (this court is bound to accept the IJ’s adverse credibility finding so long as one of the IJ’s…

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