Singh

MEMORANDUM ***

Balwinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the order of *275 the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming the immigration judge’s (“U”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding based on inconsistencies between Singh’s testimony and documentary evidence regarding two warrants for his arrest. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (holding that inconsistencies are not minor if they go to the heart of petitioner’s asylum claim). Singh’s submission of false documents provided substantial support for the IJ’s adverse credibility finding. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 745 (9th Cir.2004); Akinmade v. INS, 196 F.3d 951, 955 (9th Cir.1999) (explaining that “the presentation of a fraudulent document in an asylum adjudication for purposes of establishing the elements of an asylum claim” is a proper basis for an adverse credibility…