Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Saranjit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order summarily affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) (No. 04-73837); and the BIA’s denial of his motions to reopen and reconsider (No. 06-74603). In No. 04-73837 we deny the petition for review. In No. 06-74603 we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a) to review the IJ’s decision denying Singh’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief, and the BIA’s August 23, 2006, order denying Singh’s third motion to reopen and reconsider. We review for substantial evidence the IJ’s adverse credibility determination, see Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1274 (9th Cir.2007), and we review for an abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider. See Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding because the IJ provided specific, cogent reasons for the finding that…