Boyajyan

MEMORANDUM ***

Poghos Boyajyan and his son, Boyajyan Hayk, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) dismissal of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Because the BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision as the final agency action. See Singh v. Gonzales, 491 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). The IJ’s adverse credibility finding must be supported by “specific, cogent reasons, and cannot be based on speculation and conjecture.” Shire v. Ashcroft, 888 F.3d 1288 , 1295 (9th Cir.2004). We review for substantial evidence the IJ’s adverse credibility determination, id., and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because the IJ specified each inconsistency that formed the basis of the determination. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004). The IJ based his credibility finding on repeated inconsistencies in the dates Boyajyan recounted of the allegedly persecutory events, at least one of…