Ghukasyan
Ghukasyan v. Mukasey
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Araksya Ter Ghukasyan, a native of Iran and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence adverse credibility findings, Mejia-Paiz v. INS, 111 F.3d 720 , 723 (9th Cir.1997), and de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because the IJ had reason to question Ter Ghukasyan’s credibility and Ter Ghukasyan failed to produce non-duplicative, material, easily available corroborating evidence of her Jehovah’s Witness baptism, and she did not provide a credible explanation for this failure. See Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d. 1085, 1092 (9th Cir.2000). Accordingly, Ter Ghukasyan’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).