Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Satpal 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 (“IJ”) 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 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding, and will reverse only if the evidence that the petitioner presented was so compelling that no reasonable fact-finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 1109, 1112 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review.

The IJ’s adverse credibility determination rests on, among other things, inconsistencies between Singh’s testimony, his application, his lack of knowledge about his political leader, and the arrests and detentions he experienced. These inconsistencies go to the heart of Singh’s claims of past persecution and fear of future persecution. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004). The IJ also based his adverse credibility determination on Singh’s documentary evidence regarding his membership…