Case Name: Wing Dack CHUNG, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-25
Citations: 89 F. App'x 95
Docket Number: No. 02-73971; Agency No. A70-084-701
Parties: Wing Dack CHUNG, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 89
Pages: 95–95

Head Matter:
Wing Dack CHUNG, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-73971.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 17, 2004.
Decided Feb. 25, 2004.
Keung Wong, Poon & Wong, Monterey Park, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Los Angeles District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Linda S. Wernery, William C. Peachey, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
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
Wing Dack Chung, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") summary affirmance without opinion of an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We apply the transitional rules under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, and we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208, 1209 n. 2 (9th Cir.2000) (per curiam). We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility finding. The IJ offered specific and cogent reasons for her stated disbelief, Garrovillas v. INS, 156 F.3d 1010, 1013 (9th Cir.1998), several of which went to the heart of Chung's asylum claim, Chebchoub, 257 F.3d at 1043. The IJ found that Chung's demeanor suggested evasion; this Court gives "special deference" to the IJ's evaluation of demeanor. Singhr-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999).
Chung's other contentions also lack merit.
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.