Opinion
No. 10-71645 Agency No. A070-530-104
06-12-2014
AVTAR SINGH, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted June 4, 2014
Seattle, Washington
Before: McKEOWN and WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and ROTHSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
The Honorable Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.
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Avtar Singh petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. He appeals only the denial of his asylum claim.
The IJ's adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence. Singh testified inconsistently about whether he was engaged in any political activity after his arrest in 1991, as well as the nature and scope of any such political activity. He was also unable to adequately explain the apparent inconsistency in his whereabouts during the nine-month period following his arrest. As the BIA correctly concluded, these inconsistencies about his whereabouts and whether he engaged in further political activities after his arrest go to the heart of his claim. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir. 2001). On the basis of this record, a reasonable factfinder would not be compelled to conclude that Singh testified consistently and credibly regarding events central to his asylum claim. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n.1 (1992).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.