Sidhu

MEMORANDUM **

Paramjit Singh Sidhu, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“U”) 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 IJ’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.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility decision because petitioner’s testimony was internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the asylum officer’s assessment regarding details of two *106 of his encounters with the police. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Also, Sidhu’s testimony that he was arrested three times is undermined by his father’s affidavit, which does not mention any of the arrests. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 938 (9th Cir.2000) (stating that documents submitted by petitioner which contradict petitioner’s testimony may form the…