Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Ranjit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and of the BIA’s order denying his motion to reopen proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the denial of asylum, withholding, and CAT for substantial evidence, see Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004). We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We review due process claims de novo. Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review in 05-76785 and dismiss No. 06-73155.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Singh failed to meet his burden of proof with respect to asylum and withholding of removal. The IJ specifically and cogently referred to the non-credible aspects of Singh’s demeanor, see Singh-Kaur v. INS., 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999), and we give special deference to a credibility finding…