Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Gurdev Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) 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, 386 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s and BIA’s adverse credibility decisions because Singh’s asylum application was inconsistent with his testimony concerning several details that went to the heart of his asylum claim, including the dates that his father and uncle were arrested in 1999, and whether his uncle was arrested in 1999 or had disappeared following his arrest in 1997. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004). Singh also failed to produce corroborating evidence to support his claims in the absence of providing credible testimony. See Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d…