Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Jamer Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 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 determination, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding. Although some of the IJ’s reasons could be characterized as impermissible conjecture, the balance of the IJ’s reasons are sufficiently specific and cogent. See id. at 1043 . The IJ identified internal inconsistencies in Singh’s testimony, determined the documents he submitted to be suspect, and noted that Singh failed to adequately explain his lack of participation in elections after 1989 and why his beard was trimmed, contrary to Sikh practices, in a 1992 photograph. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1139, 1141-43 (9th Cir.2004). The IJ further observed certain troubling aspects of Singh’s demeanor that undermined his…