Ahmed

MEMORANDUM ***

Ifzal Ahmed petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denials of his motion for a continuance and his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture relief, and voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), and we deny the petition.

Regarding the continuance, Ahmed failed to show good cause for his attorney’s lack of preparation for his merits hearing. 1 Ahmed and his first two attorneys had many years to prepare his asylum case and had notice that proceedings on the asylum claim would resume if the INS revoked Ahmed’s visa. 2 Moreover, it was Ahmed’s fault that his new attorney was not prepared. He hired her just before the hearing and did not inform her that the INS had revoked his visa. 3 Coupled with the many continuances the IJ already had granted Ahmed, she certainly did not abuse her discretion by denying Ahmed’s latest request.

As to Ahmed’s claims for asylum and withholding of removal, 5 substantial evidence supported the IJ’s adverse credibility finding. 6 Among other discrepancies the IJ cited, Ahmed’s testimony regarding the stoning of…