Narjit Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Narjit Singh petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his claims for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.

The BIA’s adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence. See Cui v. Holder, 712 F.3d 1332, 1336 (9th Cir.2013); Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir.2011). Singh testified inconsistently regarding when he first encountered problems with the police because of his support for Shiromani Akali Dal Mann, first testifying the problems began in 1990 but later testifying that they began in 1987. Singh also testified inconsistently regarding the reasons for his 1991 arrest. In his asylum application, he asserted that he was arrested for participating in a militant attack in which police officers were killed. At his hearing before the IJ, he testified that he was arrested for hosting militants and supplying them with food. He also provided inconsistent testimony regarding his 1990 detention. In his asylum application, he asserted that both he and his father had been hung upside down, but he…