Kaur

MEMORANDUM **

Sudesh Kaur, also known as Sudesh Bagga, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing 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, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.

Kaur does not raise any substantive arguments in her opening brief regarding the IJ’s dispositive determination that her asylum claim was time-barred. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed waived).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because Kaur’s testimony regarding her alleged abduction by police and subsequent police accusations, based on both anti-Sikh and pro-Sikh activities, was inherently implausible. See Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 743 (9th Cir.2007) (testimony that is implausible can support an adverse credibility determination). Because the IJ had reason to…