Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Nirmal 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 deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review an adverse credibility finding for substantial evidence and will uphold the decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1139, 1143 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision. Singh’s testimony was vague, implausible, internally inconsistent, and failed to address key events included in his application. Moreover, his application failed to mention witnessing the priest’s murder, an incident that was central to his claim of fear of the Indian police. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1152-53 (9th Cir.1999). Finally, Singh failed to produce evidence that he was a member of *149 the All India Sikh Student Federation, and has not shown that the evidence presented compelled a contrary conclusion in order to overcome the special…