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# FI LED JU L 21 2011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS08- 72866 2 u n d e r8 U .S .C . § 1 2 5 2 . W e r e v ie w f o rs ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e , S in gh v . A s h c r o ft , 367 F .3 d1 1 3 9 , 1 1 4 3 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) , a n dw e d e n yth e p e titio n f o rr e v ie w . S i ng h cl ai m ed i n h i s t es t i m on y and appl i cat i on thathe w as arre st ed af t er pa rt i c i pa t i ng i n ar a l l yc om m e m or a t i ng the 1984 a tt a c k on the G ol de n T e m pl e , a nd thathe gave a spee ch agai nstthe G ol den T em pl e ki l l i ng s. S ub st ant i alevi dence supp ort s the agency’ s a dv er se cr edi bi l i ty det erm i nat i on because S i ng h adm i tt ed tha tdur i ng hi s i nt e rvi e w w i th a n a s y l um of f i c e r , he l a c ke d know l e dge aboutthe G o ld e n T e m p le a tta c k . Se e i d. at11 42 -43 (adverse cr edi bi l i ty f i nd i ng supp ort ed b a s e d , in p a rt, o n “h o w little k n o w le d g e [ th e p e titio n e r ] h a do f p o litic a l a c tiv itie s in I n d ia ” ) . S ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e a ls o s up p o rts th e a g e n c y ’s a d v e r s e c r e d ib ility de t e rm i na t i on be c aus e S i ngh t e s t i f i e d i nc ons i s t e nt l yr e ga r di ng the c i r c um s t a nc e s of h is th ir da rr e s t. See R i ve ra v. Mukasey , 508 F . 3d 1271, 1275 ( 9th C i r . 2007) (i ncon si st enci es re gardi ng det ai l s of abd uct i on w entt o the heartof the cl ai m ). In the abse nce of cr edi bl e t es t i m on y, S i ng h’ s a sy l um and w i thh ol di ng of re m ov al c la im s f a il. Se e Fa ra h v . A s h c r o ft , 34 8 F . 3d 11 53 , 11 56 (9th C i r. 20 03 ). B e c aus e S i ngh’ s C A T c l a i m i s ba s e d on the s a m e t e s t i m onyf ound t o be not c r e di bl e , a nd he doe s notpoi ntt o a nye vi de nc e tha ts how s i ti s m or e l i ke l ytha n not08- 72866 3 th a t h e w ill b e to rtu r e dif r e tu rn e dto I n d ia , h is C A T c la im a ls o f a ils . Se e i d. at 1156- 57. P E T I T I ON F OR RE V I E W DE NI E D.