Karapetyan

MEMORANDUM ***

Gurgen Karapetyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of deportation, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. 1 We deny the petition.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review appeals of credibility findings under the substantial evidence standard, Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002), which states that “administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B); see also Tawadrus v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir.2004). When an alien seeks to overturn the BIA’s denial of relief, “he must show that the evidence he presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812, 817 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).

The BIA’s credibility determination finds substantial support in the record. 2 The IJ properly concluded that Karapetyan’s testimony regarding the shooting that he witnessed and the identity of the person…