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Irina GEVORKYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 08-70438.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 10, 2011.
    
    Filed Jan. 19, 2011.
    Asbet Issakhanian, Law Offices of Asbet A. Issakhanian, Glendale, CA, for Petitioner.
    Susan Houser, Justin Robert Markel, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Irina Gevorkyan, 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 (“U”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. “This court reviews factual determinations, including credibility determinations, for substantial evidence.” Morgan v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 1202, 1206 (9th Cir.2008). We deny the petition for review.

Even if we assume that Gevorkyan’s asylum application was timely, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because the discrepancies between Gevorkyan’s asylum application and her testimony concerning the circumstances of her detention and her daughter’s death go to the heart of her claim. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 745 (9th Cir.2004). The IJ reasonably found Gevorkyan’s explanations for the discrepancies unconvincing. See Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th Cir.2007). The adverse credibility determination is further supported by Gevork-yan’s submission of fraudulent documents. See Yeimane-Berhe v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 907, 911 (9th Cir.2004) (“[Tjhe use of a fraudulent document may, considering the totality of the record, lend support to an adverse credibility finding.”). Accordingly, in the absence of credible testimony, Gevorkyan’s claims for asylum and withholding of removal fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156-57 (9th Cir.2003).

Because Gevorkyan’s CAT claim is based on the same evidence that the agency found not credible, and she points to no other evidence showing it is more likely than not she would be tortured if returned to Armenia, her CAT claim also fails. See id.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.