Pannu

MEMORANDUM

Sukhvir Singh Pannu, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Pannu also petitions for review of the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen seeking adjustment of status based upon an unadjudicated visa petition filed by his United States citizen wife. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We deny the petition for review as to Pannu’s asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under CAT claims. We grant the petition for review as to the motion to reopen.

Because the BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision as the final decision of the agency. Khup v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 898, 902 (9th Cir.2004) (citation omitted). Credibility findings are reviewed under a substantial evidence standard and will be upheld unless the evidence compels a contrary result. See He v. Ashcroft, 328 F.3d 593, 595 (9th Cir.2003) (citation omitted). Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Pannu was not credible because…