Singh
Singh v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Kirpal Singh, a native and a citizen of India, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, affirming without opinion the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum on the grounds that Singh lacked credibility. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a). Pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1 (e)(4)(h) we review the IJ’s decision as the final agency decision. We review the IJ’s adverse credibility determination under a substantial evidence standard. See Andriasian v. INS, 180 F.3d 1033, 1040 (9th Cir.1999). We deny Singh’s petition.
Singh’s claim for persecution rests on two events. First, he asserts that he accidentally stumbled into the ambush of a government official in 1997 and was consequently beaten and imprisoned. Second, he asserts that he was again beaten and imprisoned in 2000. Singh’s testimony regarding the 1997 ambush was internally inconsistent. Although he claimed to be two meters from the target’s vehicle and claimed to have personally known the target, he identified two different people as the target and was unable to explain the contradiction.