Dhaliwal

MEMORANDUM ***

Gurjit Singh Dhaliwal, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

Background

After holding four hearings on this case, the IJ initially made an adverse credibility determination and denied Dhaliwal’s petitions for relief. Dhaliwal appealed the IJ’s decision to the BIA and noted that a portion of the transcript of one of the hearings before the IJ was missing. The BIA returned the case to the IJ for preparation of a complete transcript. The IJ held a fifth hearing to supplement the record, reiterated his adverse credibility determination, and certified the case to the BIA. The BIA upheld the IJ’s denial of relief on the basis of an adverse credibility determination and dismissed Dhaliwal’s appeal.

Jurisdiction

We have jurisdiction to review only those issues that Dhaliwal raised on appeal to the BIA, thereby exhausting all available administrative remedies. 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (d)(1) (2006); see Barron v. Ashcroft, 358…