Thiara

MEMORANDUM **

Sukhjit Singh Thiara, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), summarily affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review an adverse credibility finding for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and we reverse only if the evidence compels a contrary conclusion, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Thiara provided conflicting testimony about the circumstances of his arrests, and his stay with his aunt between arrests, and these discrepancies go to the heart of Thiara’s asylum claim that he was persecuted as a member of the All India Sikh Student Federation (“AISSF”). See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Furthermore, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Thiara failed to provide specific and detailed testimony about the AISSF and his role…