Singh

MEMORANDUM **

The Immigration Judge’s adverse credibility finding, adopted by the Board of *651 Immigration Appeals, 1 was supported by substantial evidence.

Singh’s testimony contains a number of serious, inconsistent, and implausible assertions that go to the heart of his asylum application 3 and cast serious doubt on whether the events described ever occurred. 4 The Immigration Judge offered specific, cogent reasons for his adverse credibility determination 5 and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. 6 Among them were that (1) Singh returned to his home village, despite his testimony that he had received information that the police were looking for him there; (2) Singh testified that the police arrested him when their real interest was in his father rather than him, yet the police did not arrest or question his father; (3) Singh was only detained for half an hour when he returned from abroad, despite his claim that the police were interested in him; (4) Singh’s two medical records are inconsistent with his testimony; (5) Singh’s family is doing “quite well” in India, according to his father; and (6) Singh was released three days after what his testimony…