Narinder Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Narinder Jit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, including the agency’s adverse credibility findings. Cortez-Pineda v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1118, 1124 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

Singh claims the police arrested him twice and severely mistreated him during his detentions. To support these claims, Singh submitted documents including a letter from a doctor asserting he treated Singh after both arrests and an affidavit from his father addressing Singh’s arrests, police mistreatment, and medical treatment. The government conducted an overseas investigation and concluded that both documents were fraudulent.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based on Singh’s submission of these documents where Singh testified that they were accurate and that the doctor and his father would…