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Zia Zhu LI Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General Respondent.
    No. 02-61132.
    Summary Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Sept. 2, 2003.
    William Chu, Addison, TX, for Petitioner.
    John Ashcroft, US Department of Justice, Civil Division-Appellate, Washington, DC, Anne M Estrada, US Immigration & Naturalization Service, Dallas, TX, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Terri Jane Scadron, Robbin K Blaya, US Department of Justice Civil Division Immigration, Washington, DC, Caryl G Thompson, US Immigration & Naturalization Service, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
    Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM

Zia Zhu Li petitions this court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from the denial of his application for asylum. Li argues that the immigration judge’s (“U”) finding that he is ineligible for asylum is not supported by substantial evidence. Li contends that this court should not defer to the IJ’s finding that he was not credible.

The IJ’s determination that Li was not credible is “a reasonable interpretation of the record and therefore supported by substantial evidence.” See Chun v. INS, 40 F.3d 76, 79 (5th Cir.1994). “Without credible evidence, the BIA had no basis upon which to grant asylum or withhold deportation.” Id. Li was not denied due process based on any translation problems at his asylum hearing. Li’s petition for review is DENIED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.