Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Hundan Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals adopting and affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of deportation, 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 Singh, which we review for substantial evidence. Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (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). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility determination because, on multiple occasions after his arrival in the United States, Singh provided a birth date that differs from the date he gave at his deportation hearing and from that contained in Indian documents submitted by him. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that identity is a “key element[ ] of…