Singh

MEMORANDUM ***

Dharminderpal Singh is a native and citizen of India who petitions for review of the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, and voluntary departure. We deny the petition.

An immigration judge must articulate a legitimate basis to question the applicant’s credibility, and must offer specific and cogent reasons for any stated disbelief. Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002). “Any such reason must be substantial and bear a legitimate nexus to the finding.” Salaam v. INS, 229 F.3d 1234, 1238 (9th Cir.2000) (internal quotations omitted). To reverse the IJ, this court “must find that the evidence not only supports [a contrary] conclusion, but compels it....” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). “So long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of [the alien’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).

Among other bases, the IJ relied on inconsistencies having to do…