Sodhi Singh-Kaur v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Sodhi Singh-Kaur, a citizen and national 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 protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Reviewing for substantial evidence the BIA’s factual findings in this pre-REAL ID Act case, Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995), including those portions of the IJ’s decision that the BIA has reviewed and adopted, Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir.2002), we affirm.

1. At least “one of the identified grounds [for the adverse credibility determination] is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart” of Petitioner’s claim. Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1259 (9th Cir.2003). For example, Petitioner’s various statements and documentary evidence told different stories about an alleged incident at a temple on June 5, 2003, that led to his arrest in India, and in his Record of Sworn Statement, Petitioner stated that he had never been arrested, which directly contradicted his later testimony about past arrests in India and Cos-ta…