Ying Zhang v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Bahadur Singh and Gurbux Kaur, natives and citizens of India, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their applications 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 the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act, Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistency between Singh’s testimony and his asylum application regarding the number of times he was arrested in India. See id. at 1047 (“inability to consistently describe the underlying events that gave rise to [petitioner’s] fear was an important factor that could be relied upon by the [agency] in making an adverse credibility determination”). The agency reasonably rejected Singh’s explanation for the inconsistency. See Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th…