Parandzem Kamalyan v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The Honorable James C. Mahan, United States District Judge for the
District of Nevada, sitting by designation.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
PARANDZEM KAMALYAN
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 06-70424
Agency No. A75 729 334
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted June 10, 2010
Pasadena, California
Before: TROTT and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and MAHAN, District
Judge.**
Parandzem Kamalyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review
of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have
FILED
JUL 14 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and review adverse credibility findings for
substantial evidence. Soto-Olarte v. Holder, 555 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir. 2009).
We deny the petition for review.
The IJ’s adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial
evidence because there were inconsistencies regarding the petitioner’s political
involvement, occupational changes from cashier to school director, and the
sequence of events surrounding the alleged political persecution. See Li v.
Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir. 2004). Furthermore, Kamalyan failed to
provide an adequate explanation for withholding information about a prior
embezzlement conviction, and for obtaining certain corroborating documents while
also claiming a lack of access to other documents. See de Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116
F.3d 391, 393-94 (9th Cir. 1997).
In the absence of credible testimony, Kamalyan failed to establish that she
suffered past persecution nor that she has a well-founded fear of future persecution.
Therefore, she is ineligible for asylum or withholding of removal. See Farah v.
Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Due to the lack of credible testimony and corroborating documentation,
Kamalyan has also failed to demonstrate she would be tortured if returned to
Armenia. See id. at 1156-57. Accordingly, her CAT claim fails.

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PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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