Naeem

MEMORANDUM **

Mohamed Naeem, a native and citizen of Burma, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.

*796 The agency determined that Naeem was not credible. The record does not compel a contrary conclusion. First, the agency determined that during the hearing Naeem intentionally used a “cheat sheet” or list of important dates and events to help him remember his testimony. Second, Naeem stated in his asylum application that in 1985 police interrogated and detained him for three days, yet he failed to mention this incident in his testimony. Third, Naeem failed to include in his otherwise detailed asylum application that his scholarship had been withdrawn on account of his political activities. The agency properly concluded that the use of a “cheat sheet,” combined with these…