Singh

Singh v. Gonzales

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137 F. App'x 967
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 28, 2005No. 04-70929California356 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Sukhwinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board *968 of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (the “Convention”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.

Singh contends that the IJ’s adverse credibility finding is not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree. While not all the reasons cited by the IJ support the credibility finding, “[s]o long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of [a petitioner’s] claim of persecution, we are bound to accept the IJ’s adverse credibility finding.” Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1259 (9th Cir.2003). We conclude that Singh’s contradictory testimony with respect to his passport(s) and other identifying information as well as the various inconsistences in Singh’s account of the injuries and treatment he received during and subsequent to his 1998 arrest are sufficient to support the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348…

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