Barseghyan

MEMORANDUM ***

Gurgen Barseghyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“U”) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. Barseghyan testified that military personnel beat him every day for 15 days, yet he did not sustain any external injuries. The IJ found this testimony implausible and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. See id. at 1043 (one material inconsistency can be sufficient to support an adverse credibility determination). Barseghyan also testified that he was attacked during a home invasion because of his faith, yet he failed to mention that he was attacked in his application. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1254 (9th Cir.2003) (upholding adverse credibility finding where alien failed to…