NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NOV 24 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
PRAKASH NARSHING RANA, No. 06-73897
Petitioner, Agency No. A079-276-992
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted November 4, 2010
San Francisco, California
Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, RYMER, Circuit Judge, and KENNELLY,
District Judge.**
The agency denied Rana’s asylum claim as time-barred. Rana has forfeited
any challenge to this ruling by failing to address it in his brief. See Singh v.
Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 1228, 1232 n.4 (9th Cir. 2004).
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly, United States District Judge for
the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
The agency denied Rana’s withholding of removal and CAT claims based on
the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. Substantial evidence supports this
determination. See Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1055 (9th Cir. 2010). Rana
admitted that he possessed a valid Nepalese passport issued by the Nepalese
embassy in Washington, D.C., describing him as a citizen of Nepal and listing his
birthplace as Kathmandu, Nepal. The IJ reasonably found that Rana’s possession
of the passport undermined his claim of Bhutanese birth and citizenship. Because
this finding goes to the heart of Rana’s claims, we need not address the other
grounds upon which the IJ relied. See Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1259 (9th Cir.
2003).
The petition for review is DENIED.