Singh

Singh v. Holder

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336 F. App'x 693
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 29, 2009No. 06-71121California292 words

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 decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that Singh failed to file his asylum application timely because the underlying facts are disputed. Cf. Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).

As to withholding of removal, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility finding based on the con *695 flict between Singh’s claim that he entered the United States on December 22, 2000 and the government’s evidence that he entered the United States on December 31, 1997. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s adverse credibility finding based on an inconsistency between Singh’s testimony and asylum…

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