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313 F. App'x 979

Singh v. Holder

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided March 2, 2009

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2009-03-02

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Farah v. Ashcroft · Zehatye v. Gonzales · Abderrahman Chebchoub v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Decided 2009-03-02

¶1MEMORANDUM …

¶2Maha Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 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 jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

¶3The record does not compel the conclusion that Singh established extraordinary or changed circumstances to excuse his untimely filed asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4),(5); see also Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 658 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, his asylum claim fails.

¶4Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies between Singh’s testimony and declaration concerning the presence of militants at his brother’s house, the omission of his brother’s 1996 arrests from Singh’s declaration, and internal inconsistencies in Singh’s testimony regarding the dates of his brother’s arrests and the timing of Singh’s own arrest. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962-63 (9th Cir.2004); Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). Singh’s contention that the IJ failed to give full weight to his documentary evidence is not supported by the record. Accordingly, Singh’s withholding claim fails.

¶5Singh’s CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same facts the IJ determined to be not credible and Singh points to no other evidence that should have been con*981sidered in determining his CAT claim. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1157 (9th Cir.2003).

¶6PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

¶7 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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