Ferdian

MEMORANDUM **

Jeffry Christy Ferdian, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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.

The IJ denied Ferdian’s asylum application claim as time-barred. Ferdian does not challenge this finding in his opening brief.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination based on Ferdian’s inconsistent statements regarding whether or not the police investigated the 1992 graffiti incident and the inconsistencies in the police’s investigation of the 2000 church attack. See id. at 962-64 (holding that as long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of the asylum claim, the court is bound to accept the adverse credibility finding). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s determination that Ferdian failed to establish…