Shoriz

MEMORANDUM **

Ghaith, Dalia, and Yousif Shoriz, natives and citizens of Iraq, petition for review of the summary order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the adverse credibility determination of the Immigration Judge (IJ) and denying their application 1 for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). 2

Where the BIA affirms the “IJ’s denial of asylum and withholding of deportation without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision as though it were the Board’s.” Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1253 (9th Cir.2003). The IJ denied Shoriz’s application for asylum and withholding of removal on the ground that Shoriz’s testimony was not credible. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(42)(A); 8 C.F.R. § 208.13 (a) (“The testimony of the applicant, if credible, may be sufficient to sustain the burden of proof without corroboration.”); Ji-bril v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 1129, 1133 (9th Cir.2005). We review the IJ’s adverse credibility determination under the deferential substantial evidence standard, and we must uphold that determination “unless the evidence compels a contrary result.” Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741 (9th Cir.2007) (emphasis in…