Jaswant Sran v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Jaswant Singh Sran, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003), and we review de novo due process claims, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination because Sran submitted several fraudulent documents. See Lin v. Gonzales, 434 F.3d 1158, 1162 (9th Cir.2006) (IJ may deny an asylum application as not credible based on documentary evidence if there is evidence undermining the reliability of the documents). We lack jurisdiction to consider Sran’s contention that the IJ erred when it relied on documents he did not obtain, because he did not present this argument to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004). In the absence of credible…