Case Name: Sonia Liliana VELASQUEZ-MONTES, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-09-19
Citations: 76 F. App'x 164
Docket Number: No. 02-70933; Agency No. A74-824-649
Parties: Sonia Liliana VELASQUEZ-MONTES, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 76
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
Sonia Liliana VELASQUEZ-MONTES, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-70933.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 8, 2003.
Decided Sept. 19, 2003.
Robert G. Berke, Antonio M. Zaidana, Burke Law Offices, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Los Angeles District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Emily A. Radford, Attorney, Allen W. Hausman, Attorney, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The court sua sponte changes the docket to reflect that John Ashcroft, Attorney General, is the proper respondent. The Clerk shall amend the docket to reflect the above caption.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sonia Liliana Velasquez-Montes, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of her application for asylum, withholding of deportation, and suspension of deportation. Because the transitional rules apply, see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for substantial evidence the adverse credibility finding, Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1999), and we review de novo claims of due process violations, Agyeman v. INS, 296 F.3d 871, 876 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review.
The IJ identified a material inconsistency in petitioner's testimony regarding her purported 1988 detention. Because this inconsistency goes to the heart of her asylum claim, substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility finding. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, petitioner failed to establish eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation. See Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816-17 (9th Cir.2001).
Petitioner's contention that the IJ denied her due process by inadequately questioning her lacks merit because the IJ sufficiently developed the record through inquiry for all of the relevant facts. See Agyeman, 296 F.3d at 883-84.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.