Sandhu-Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Talwinder Sandhu-Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying Sandhu-Singh’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . The IJ made an adverse credibility finding against Sandhu-Singh, which we review for substantial evidence. Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000). “So long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of [a petitioner’s] claim of persecution, we are bound to accept the IJ’s adverse credibility finding.” Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1259 (9th Cir.2003).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Sandhu-Singh’s admission that he lied under oath at his bond hearing justifies an adverse credibility determination. The IJ considered Sandhu-Singh’s explanation that at the prior hearing he had been nervous and coached by fellow detainees. However, “[t]he possibility of drawing two inconsistent conclusions from the evidence does not…