Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Mandeep Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review from the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of his appeal of the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and from the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1252 (a)(1) and 1252(b), and we deny the petitions for review.

Because the BIA summarily affirmed the IJ, we review the IJ’s decision, and the conclusion that Singh was not credible must be supported by substantial evidence. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). The IJ must provide a specific, cogent reason for rejecting a document admitted into evidence, and the reason must bear a legitimate nexus to that rejection. See Zahedi v. INS, 222 F.3d 1157, 1165 (9th Cir.2000).

The IJ found that Singh’s application was fraudulent and that the documents he submitted regarding his membership in a political organization and his stay in an Indian hospital were false. The IJ rejected the documents based on the testimony of an asylum officer who had investigated the…