Ghukasyan

MEMORANDUM **

Zhanna Ghukasyan, her husband and two children, natives and citizens of Armenia, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their 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.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination because Ghukasyan testified inconsistently regarding the location of her April 2000 speech, and her testimony concerning her August 2000 blood transfusion was inherently implausible. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (inconsistencies that relate to basis for fear of persecution go to the heart of the claim and support an adverse credibility finding); see also Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 743 (9th Cir.2007) (testimony that is implausible can support an adverse credibility determination). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based on…