Randhawa

MEMORANDUM **

Harbhajhan Randhawa petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming the order of an immigration judge (“IJ”) denying Randhawa’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history of this case, we do not recount them here. Because the BIA wrote a reasoned opinion separately from that of the IJ, our review is limited to the decision of the BIA. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Factual findings, including adverse credibility findings, are reviewed for substantial evidence, see Osorio v. INS, 99 F.3d 928, 931 (9th Cir.1996). Adverse credibility findings must be supported by specific, cogent reasons that are supported by the record. Cordon-Garcia v. INS, 204 F.3d 985, 993 (9th Cir.2000).

The BIA’s determination that the doctor’s note submitted by petitioner was fraudulent was supported by substantial evidence. The doctor whom the INS investigator spoke with placed the stamp “Dr. Ajit Gupta” underneath his signature, constituting substantial evidence that he was in fact Dr. Ajit Gupta, the alleged…