Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Kattar Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“LI”) order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . The BIA independently reviewed the findings of the IJ and found that Singh was not credible. We review credibility findings under the substantial evidence standard. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 940 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA’s adverse credibility determination rests on Singh’s failure to reference on direct examination a September 1997 arrest that had been included on his written addendum to his asylum application. This discrepancy goes to the heart of Singh’s claims of past persecution and fear of future persecution. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001) (explaining that finding of even one discrepancy is sufficient to support an adverse credibility finding as long as it goes to the “heart” of the asylum claim). We conclude that the BIA’s adverse credibility determination is…