Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Satbir Singh, a native and citizen of India, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying 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 findings of fact, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.

Singh testified inconsistently with respect to whether he was hung upside down during his 1995 arrest and with respect to whether the police contacted his family while he was hiding in India, see Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061, 1067 (9th Cir.2005), and he failed to adequately explain these discrepancies when given the opportunity, see id. at 1066-67 . Because the inconsistencies go to the heart of his claim, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility determination. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly Singh’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).

Finally, because Singh’s CAT claim is…