Gurmail Singh v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Gurmail Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“I J”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s determination that Singh failed to file a timely asylum application. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2005).

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 to review the denial of withholding of removal and CAT relief. We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding because Singh’s testimony regarding the location of and circumstances surrounding his arrests were inconsistent and went to the heart of his asylum claim. See id. at 1043 . Accordingly, he is not eligible for withholding of removal. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004). Singh’s CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same testimony that the IJ concluded was incredible.…