Piliposyan

MEMORANDUM *

1. The immigration judge correctly noted that the Piliposyans’ testimony was inconsistent with respect to how Sargis got to the hospital after having been detained and how many times he was detained in the KGB building. These inconsistencies go to the heart of the Piliposyans’ claim, and “only one inconsistency can be sufficient” to support an adverse credibility determination. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038,1043 (9th Cir.2001).

The immigration judge further found that “their testimony [wa]s highly implausible and improbable,” yet petitioners provided “no extrinsic, corroborating evidence” — i.e., “affidavits from relatives” or “medical records corroborating the injuries suffered.” We have repeatedly held that “where material corroborating evidence was easily available to the asylum seeker, i.e., it ‘does not pose the type of particularized evidentiary burden that would excuse corroboration,’ failure to produce such evidence can constitute substantial evidence supporting an adverse credibility determination.” Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1091 (9th Cir.2000) (quoting Mejia-Paiz v. INS, 111 F.3d 720, 723-24 (9th Cir.1997)). Because substantial evidence supports the…

I concur in the judgment.