Case Name: Daljit KAUR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-23
Citations: 89 F. App'x 70
Docket Number: No. 02-71442; Agency No. A75-309-285
Parties: Daljit KAUR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 89
Pages: 70–71

Head Matter:
Daljit KAUR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-71442.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 17, 2004.
Decided Feb. 23, 2004.
Patrick O. Cantor, Esq., Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, WWS — District Coühsel, Seattle, WA, Thankful T. Vanderstar, Terri J. Scadron, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
The court sua sponte changes the docket to reflect that John Ashcroft, Attorney General, is the proper respondent.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Daljit Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision summarily affirming the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence credibility findings, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we review de novo due process challenges, Padilla v. Ashcroft, 334 F.3d 921, 923 (9th Cir.2003).
The IJ based his credibility finding on a number of inconsistencies in petitioner's testimony concerning, inter alia, the number of times she was arrested and her support for Khalistan. These inconsistencies went to the heart of her asylum claim. See Chebchoub, 257 F.3d at 1043. The record does not compel the conclusion that petitioner's testimony was credible. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir. 1998). Accordingly, petitioner failed to establish eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal.
Petitioner's contention that the BIA's opinion insufficiently articulated its reasons for denying relief is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 850-51 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
xhiS disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.