Singh
Singh v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Sukhchain Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and the BIA’s denial of his motion to remand for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
Substantial evidence supports the Id’s and BIA’s adverse credibility finding based on an inconsistency between petitioner’s application and testimony regarding his first arrest, an implausibility regarding his fear of persecution, and his failure to provide easily available corroborating evidence. See Chebehoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043-45 ; see also Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1092 (9th Cir.2000) (stating that if the IJ has a reason to question the alien’s credibility, and the alien fails to produce easily available corroborating evidence, then the adverse credibility finding will withstand appellate review).
Because petitioner failed to demonstrate that he was eligible for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Fatah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).