Azmaiparashvili

MEMORANDUM **

Nunu Azmaiparashvili, a native and citizen of Georgia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) (No. 06-70045), and the BIA’s order denying Azmaiparashvili’s motion to reopen proceedings (No. 06-72852). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding. Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002). We review denials of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petitions for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding because it is based on inconsistencies between Azmai-parashvili’s testimony and evidence in the record regarding whether she was in Georgia in the fall of 1997. See Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1256-58 (9th Cir.2003). The inconsistencies go to the heart of Az-maiparashvili’s asylum claim because the alleged persecution stemmed from her opening a club for homosexuals in Georgia in the fall of 1997, and is…