Singh

MEMORANDUM ***

Charanjeet Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, which summarily affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We deny the petition for review.

Where, as here, the BIA affirms without an opinion, we review the IJ’s decision directly. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See id. at 1042-43 . The IJ offered specific, cogent reasons for the credibility determination based on inconsistencies in the record regarding whether the police came to Singh’s house after his final arrest, and inconsistencies about the dates that Singh attended college. These are issues that go to the heart of Singh’s asylum claim. See id. at 1043 .

Because Singh did not establish that he was eligible for asylum, it follows that he…