Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Taranjit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding and will uphold the BIA’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

We conclude that substantial eviii dence supports the BIA’s decision because Singh’s testimony that his father died at the hands of Punjabi police in 2001 is directly contradicted by his father’s signature on an affidavit dated 2002, which Singh submitted at his bbnd hearing. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 938 (9th Cir. 2000) (documents submitted by petitioner which contradict petitioner’s testimony form the basis for an adverse credibility finding). j

Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s conclusion that Singh gave false testimony and filed a frivolous asylum application. Cf Farah v. Ashcroft,…