NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 5 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RANJIT SINGH, No. 17-73273
Petitioner, Agency No. A208-562-314
v.
MEMORANDUM*
MATTHEW G. WHITAKER, Acting
Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 27, 2018**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Ranjit 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
decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief
under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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, 1039-40 (9th Cir. 2010). We
deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination
based on omissions in Singh’s credible fear interview and on inconsistencies
between Singh’s declaration, testimony, and documentary evidence as to the date
and number of times Singh was arrested and harmed in India. See Zamanov v.
Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973-74 (9th Cir. 2011) (omission constituting a material
alteration of petitioner’s story may support an adverse credibility determination);
Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1048 (adverse credibility finding reasonable under the
totality of the circumstances). Singh’s explanations do not compel a contrary
conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). In the absence
of credible testimony, in this case, Singh’s asylum and withholding of removal
claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Singh’s CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same testimony the
agency found not credible, and the record does not otherwise compel the
conclusion that it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to India.
See id. at 1156-57.
Finally, we reject Singh’s contentions that the agency did not consider all of
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his evidence.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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