Singh
Singh v. Holder
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Jaspreet Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision that petitioner’s asylum application was untimely. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(3); cf. Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir.2007) (per cu-riam). Thus, we dismiss the asylum claim.
We hold that substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of withholding of removal based on an adverse credibility finding and the failure of petitioner to provide easily available corroborating evidence. As the BIA found, the petitioner provided inconsistent, vague statements of his political activities with regard to the *361 candidates he supported and the year he voted in India. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1045 (9th Cir.2001) (upholding…