Kaler

MEMORANDUM **

Kulwant Singh Kaler, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (Board) order affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Because the Board affirmed the IJ’s decision without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision as the final agency determination. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review an adverse credibility finding for substantial evidence and will reverse only if the evidence compels such a result. Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1999). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supported the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because Kaler failed to provide the IJ with specific details of his political activities or the importance of “black days” in Sikh history, although he testified to having been an active member of the Akali Dahl Man (ADM) party who had recruited other Sikhs to attend ADM rallies commemorating the “black days.” See id. at 1153 (concluding that an applicant’s…