Dhamrat

MEMORANDUM **

Amrik Singh Dhamrat, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an *289 order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal and denying his motion to remand under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding and a denial of asylum and we uphold these determinations unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244, 45 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility finding because Dhamrat provided information in his asylum application that was inconsistent with his hearing testimony and he failed to adequately explain discrepancies as to his identity, his marital status, his city of residence, and documents offered in support of his claims. See Lata, 204 F.3d at 1245 (upholding adverse credibility determination because petitioner’s explanation of discrepancies between asylum application and hearing testimony did not “compel[] the opposite…