Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Gurmukh Kaur Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal, and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision. Singh’s testimony regarding the reason police arrested him was inconsistent with the reason stated in his application, and his application omitted a key encounter with police. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1152 (9th Cir.1999) (upholding credibility finding based on discrepancy between testimony and application regarding why the police arrested petitioner). Moreover, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision based on the implausibility that Singh was further mistreated by police in India when he testified that he was no longer in the…