Walia

MEMORANDUM **

Navgit Singh Walia, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming the order of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his applications for asylum and withholding of removal and for relief under the Convention Against Torture.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b). Because the BIA affirmed without opinion, this court reviews the IJ’s opinion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1 (a)(7). Findings made by the IJ are reviewed for substantial evidence and will be upheld “unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion.” Hernandez-Montiel v. INS, 225 F.3d 1084, 1090-91 (9th Cir.2000) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). We deny Walia’s petition.

The IJ’s adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence and specific, cogent reasons. See de Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391 , 394 (9th Cir.1997). As the IJ noted, Walia provided vague and inconsistent testimony about, among other things, the circumstances and timing of his initial encounter with the police, whether he knew the affiliation of the militants who threatened him in his home, and whether and how he…