Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Gurbinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the final removal order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which summarily affirmed the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”). The IJ concluded that Singh’s testimony was not credible, and so Singh had not established eligibility for political asylum, withholding, or relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Singh, a Sikh from the Punjabi district, claimed he had filed a human rights complaint based on his father’s death following a beating when his father was in prison. Singh stated that he left India after the police raided his home while he was out, and that they threatened that if Singh did not withdraw the complaint “he’s going to be finished off.” The IJ found Singh’s testimony not credible because at the hearing, he stated that he gave an affidavit to the “Khalra Action Committee.” Singh also testified that he named that organization at his asylum interview. When the INS officer who had interviewed Singh testified, she stated that Singh did not know the name of the human rights organization at…