Dawinder Singh Sidhu v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

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

Singh filed his asylum application after the effective date of the REAL ID Act. Pub.L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231. “Under the REAL ID Act, the IJ may base an adverse credibility determination on any relevant factor that, considered in light of the totality of the circumstances, can reasonably be said to have a ‘bearing on a' petitioner’s veracity.’ ” Ren v. Holder, 648 F.3d 1079, 1084 (9th Cir.2011) (quoting Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1044 (9th Cir.2010)).

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination. See Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1039 . In particular, the IJ reasonably concluded that Singh failed to establish his identity based on documentary evidence that showed that he had also used the surname “Dass.” See Kalouma v. Gonzales, 512 F.3d 1073,…