
    Asan Edigemovich KADIROV, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents.
    No. 01-71612.
    BIA No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Dec. 5, 2002.
    Submission Vacated Dec. 23, 2002.
    Resubmitted May 30, 2003.
    Decided Aug. 21, 2003.
    Before COWEN, HAWKINS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       Honorable Robert E. Cowen, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

The determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that Petitioner Asan Edigemovich Kadirov (“Kadirov”) lacked credibility on an issue going to the heart of his asylum claim (whether and under what circumstances Kadirov was assaulted by Uzbekistani nationals) is sufficiently supported by the record, as is the BIA’s determination that Kadirov’s employment difficulties did not rise to the level of persecution.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
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