United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS September 5, 2003
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III
____________________ Clerk
No. 02-60659
Summary Calendar
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AZIZ ZAVAHER,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
A76-901-344
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Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Aziz Zavaher, a citizen of Iran, petitions for review of an
order from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ affirming, without
opinion, the immigration judge’s decision to deny his application
for asylum and withholding of removal. Zavaher contends the BIA
erred by upholding the IJ’s credibility determinations and by
failing to give weight to his own documentary evidence and
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
corroborative testimony. The IJ determined that Zavaher failed to
present a credible application for asylum after viewing Zavaher’s
demeanor and examining inconsistencies and implausibilities in
Zavaher’s testimony and application.
“We give great deference to an IJ’s decisions concerning an
alien’s credibility.” Efe v. Ashcroft, 293 F.3d 899, 903 (5th Cir.
2002). In this regard, we have made it emphatically clear that we
“will not review decisions turning purely on the immigration
judge’s assessment of the alien petitioner’s credibility”. Chun v.
I.N.S., 40 F.3d 76, 78 (5th Cir. 1994)(quotation omitted). Based
on our review of the record, we conclude that the IJ’s decision is
supported by substantial evidence and the record does not
“compel[]” a contrary conclusion. Id.
DENIED
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