Case Name: Rajinder Kaur RURKI, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-15
Citations: 84 F. App'x 808
Docket Number: No. 02-72140; Agency No. A75-261-233
Parties: Rajinder Kaur RURKI, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 84
Pages: 808–809

Head Matter:
Rajinder Kaur RURKI, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-72140.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 8, 2003.
Decided Dec. 15, 2003.
Ashwani K. Bhakhri, Esq., Burlingame, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Richard M. Evans, Esq., Office of Immigration Litigation, Terri J. Scadron, Esq., Brenda M. O’Malley, Paul Fiorino, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, 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.
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.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Rajinder Kaur Rurki, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summaryaffirmance of an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of her application for asylum and withholding 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 an adverse credibility finding and a denial of asylum and will uphold the IJ's decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility finding because Rurki's testimony was contradictory, implausible, and her demeanor was unconvincing. See Singhr-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151-52 (9th Cir.1999). Because these findings went to the heart of her asylum claim, substantial evidence supports the denial of asylum. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001).
It follows that Rurki did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of deportation. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).