FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 9 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RAJBIR SINGH, No. 12-70430
Petitioner, Agency No. A089-661-519
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 19, 2013**
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Rajbir Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a Board of
Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and
protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual
findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations
created by the REAL ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.
2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination
based on Singh’s general or evasive answers about the extent of police interest in
him in India, and the problems the agency observed with the “Verma’s Hospital”
medical certificate he submitted. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination
was reasonable under the totality of circumstances). Singh’s explanations do not
compel the opposite result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000).
In the absence of credible testimony, Singh’s asylum and withholding of removal
claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Finally, Singh does not challenge the BIA’s finding that he waived his CAT
claim on appeal to the BIA.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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