Avetisyan

MEMORANDUM **

Hovhannes Avetisyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Wang *601 v. Ashcroft, 341 F.3d 1015, 1021 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding based upon Avetisyan’s submission of a fraudulent newspaper article, hospital certificate, and National Democratic Union card. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 745 (9th Cir.2004) (fraudulent documents going to the heart of the claim may justify an adverse credibility finding). Therefore, Avetisyan’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).

Avetisyan failed to exhaust his challenge to the IJ’s frivolousness finding before the BIA, and therefore we dismiss the petition for review as to that claim. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383…