Case Name: Shegaw A. AMBACHEW, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-21
Citations: 103 F. App'x 318
Docket Number: Nos. 03-70016, 08-71025
Parties: Shegaw A. AMBACHEW, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 103
Pages: 318–319

Head Matter:
Shegaw A. AMBACHEW, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Nos. 03-70016, 08-71025.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 12, 2004.
Decided July 21, 2004.
Rochelle A. Nwadibia, Privitera and Nwadibia, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security,San Francisco, CA, Marion E. Guyton, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, THOMAS, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Shegaw Ambachew, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") summary affirmance of an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal and the BIA's order denying his motion to reopen and remand to apply for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review a denial of asylum and withholding of removal for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility finding because Ambachew's inconsistent testimony about whether or not he ceased all political activities after his second arrest by the Ethiopian police went to the heart of his asylum and withholding claims. See id. at 1043.
Ambachew waived all contentions pertaining to the denial of his motion to reopen because he failed to challenge the BIA's denial in his petition for review. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996) ("Issues raised in a brief that are not supported by argument are deemed abandoned.").
Because a copy of the administrative record has already been filed, Ambachew's "Motion for Leave to File Excerpt of Record in Two Volumes" is denied as moot. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A); cf. Gomez-Vigil v. INS, 990 F.2d 1111, 1113 (9th Cir.1993) (denying a motion to consider evidence outside the administrative record).
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.