Singh

Singh v. Mukasey

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284 F. App'x 425
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 1, 2008No. 04-76373California345 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Amarjit 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”). We have juris *426 diction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, He v. Ashcroft, 328 F.3d 593, 595 (9th Cir.2003), and we grant the petition for review.

We conclude that none of the IJ’s adverse credibility findings is supported by substantial evidence. Id. at 603 . The IJ’s finding that Singh’s father’s signatures on three different affidavits were dissimilar is not supported because the the signatures were similar. See He, 328 F.3d at 600 (substantial evidence does not support adverse credibility determination where the IJ’s conclusions were inconsistent with the record). In addition, substantial evidence does not support the IJ’s finding that the letter signed by Simranjit Mann was “altered,” and thus fraudulent, because of a handwritten date. See Lopez-Reyes v. INS, 79 F.3d 908, 912 (9th Cir.1996) (stating that conjecture is not a…

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