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361 F. App'x 736

Dhillon v. Holder

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided January 5, 2010

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2010-01-05

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

Relies on Farah v. Ashcroft · Abderrahman Chebchoub v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Husyev v. Mukasey

Decided 2010-01-05

¶1 MEMORANDUM

¶2 Surinder Kaur Patti, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her 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, Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.

¶3*737 Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because Patti’s testimony was inconsistent with her documentary evidence concerning the events following her release from police detention and leading up to her departure from India, see Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001), and Patti did not persuasively explain these inconsistencies, see Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741-42 (9th Cir.2007). In the absence of credible testimony, Patti’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).

¶4 Because Patti’s CAT claim is based on the testimony the IJ found not credible, and Patti points to no other evidence to show it is more likely than not she would be tortured if returned to India, her CAT claim fails. See id. at 1156-57.

¶5 PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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