Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Harbhinder Singh, a 44 year-old native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, which summarily affirmed the immigration judge’s order and oral decision denying Singh’s request for asylum, withholding, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Because the BIA summarily affirmed the immigration judge’s decision pursuant to its streamlining regulations, we review the immigration judge’s decision as the final agency decision. Abebe v. Ashcroft, 379 F.3d 755, 758 (9th Cir.2004). We deny Singh’s petition because the immigration judge’s adverse credibility finding was supported by substantial evidence. See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002).

An applicant’s submission of false documents going to the heart of his asylum application provides grounds for an adverse credibility finding. See, e.g., Akinmade v. INS, 196 F.3d 951, 955 (9th Cir.1999) (noting that “the presentation of a fraudulent document in an asylum adjudication for purpose of establishing the elements of an asylum claim” is a proper basis for an adverse credibility finding). In…