Randhawa

MEMORANDUM **

Satbir Singh Randhawa petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA’s”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), as amended by the transitional rules stated in section 309(c)(4) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (“IIRIRA”).

We find no error in the BIA’s assessment of Randhawa’s credibility nor in its denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. In citing multiple significant inconsistencies and contradictions within and between Randhawa’s testimony and documentary evidence regarding persecution, the BIA offered “specific, cogent reason[s]” for its ultimate rejection of his credibility. Valderrama v. INS, 260 F.3d 1083, 1085 (9th Cir.2001) (quoting Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1067 (9th Cir.2000)). Randhawa thus failed to support his asylum claim with credible testimony or evidence demonstrating “either past persecution or a well-founded fear of present persecution.” See Mejia-Paiz v. INS, 111 F.3d 720 , 723 (9th Cir.1997). As Randhawa “fail[ed] to establish eligibility for…