Case Name: Siranush DEMIRCHIAN; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-24
Citations: 552 F. App'x 780
Docket Number: No. 10-70899
Parties: Siranush DEMIRCHIAN; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: W. FLETCHER, M. SMITH, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 552
Pages: 780–780

Head Matter:
Siranush DEMIRCHIAN; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-70899.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Jan. 10, 2014.
Filed Jan. 24, 2014.
Sassoun Nalbandian, Law Offices of Sas-soun A. Nalbandian, Glendale, CA, for Petitioners.
OIL, Jesi J. Carlson, Senior Litigation Counsel, Cindy S. Ferrier, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ-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: W. FLETCHER, M. SMITH, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence. Ms. Demirchian and her family failed to credibly establish their identities, an issue that goes to the heart of their claim. See Kalouma v. Gonzales, 512 F.3d 1078, 1079 (9th Cir.2008); Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
The Immigration Judge (IJ) granted the Demirchian family ample time and opportunity to collect valid documentary evidence of their identities, to rebut the government's contrary forensic evidence, and to explain the inconsistencies and problems the IJ identified in their testimony and documents. The Demirchians could not explain how the "Advocacy Bureau" acquired their documents, and the BIA reasonably relied on the government's forensic reports refuting both the existence of the Bureau and the reliability of the identity documents. The Demirchians' inability to credibly prove their identities directly implicates whether or not they were actually subject to persecution in Georgia. Based on this record, a reasonable factfin-der would not be compelled to conclude the Demirchians testified credibly about their identities. See I.N.S. v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Farah, 348 F.3d at 1156.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.