Saini
Saini v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Kultar S. Saini, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Because the BIA adopted the IJ’s credibility findings, we review the IJ’s decision for substantial evidence. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147 , 1149- *664 50 (9th Cir.1999). We deny the petition for review.
The IJ articulated several reasons relating to Saini’s identity in support of her adverse credibility determination. For example, Saini submitted identification that a forensics laboratory determined was altered, signatures that he testified were his appeared strikingly different, and he could not recall details about the All India Sikh Student Federation, in which he claimed longtime membership. Because these inconsistencies go to the heart of Saini’s asylum claim, the record does not compel reversal of the IJ’s credibility determination. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.Sd 935, 938 (9th Cir.2000).