Joginder Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Joginder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

We conclude that the IJ’s decision, which was adopted by the BIA, is supported by substantial evidence. Rizk v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir.2011). The IJ denied Singh’s applications after finding Singh not credible based on inconsistencies between his oral testimony and his written statement, and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. Id. In his written statement, Singh claimed that his cousin and fellow political activist, Vi-kramjit, was found dead in April of 2002, shortly after Singh complained to a local attorney of police brutality against members of Singh’s party. When asked on cross-examination who was killed, Singh testified that Harbhajan, Vikramjit’s father, was actually the party activist who had been killed. Singh also insisted that Vikramjit was actually his friend, not his cousin. Singh…