Case Name: Tarsem Singh SANDHU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-01-30
Citations: 220 F. App'x 521
Docket Number: No. 04-72559
Parties: Tarsem Singh SANDHU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, HALL, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 220
Pages: 521–522

Head Matter:
Tarsem Singh SANDHU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-72559.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 8, 2007 .
Filed Jan. 30, 2007.
Hardeep Singh Rai, Tsz-Hai Huang, Rai & Associates, PC, Samuel Maina, Law Offices of S. Ouya Maina, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Joanne E. Johnson, Esq. DOJ, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Joshua P. Jones, U.S. Department of Justice, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, HALL, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Tarsem Singh Sandhu, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, see Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), we deny the petition for review.
The agency found Sandhu not credible based upon discrepancies among his declaration, testimony and documentary evidence regarding the alleged circumstances leading to his first arrest and the death of his father. Because these discrepancies go to the heart of Sandhu's claim, the agency's adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial evidence. See id. Accordingly, Sandhu has failed to establish eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal. See id. at 964.
Because Sandhu's CAT claim is based on the same testimony that the agency found to be not credible, and because he points to no other evidence that the agency should have considered, he has failed to establish eligibility for relief under the CAT. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1157 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.