Case Name: Nirbhair SINGH, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-27
Citations: 109 F. App'x 985
Docket Number: No. 03-71897
Parties: Nirbhair SINGH, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 109
Pages: 985–985

Head Matter:
Nirbhair SINGH, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-71897.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2004.
Decided Sept. 27, 2004.
Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Nirbhair Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision that he was ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal because he failed to testify credibly in support of his claim. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence, Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1999), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's adverse credibility determination, because Singh testified inconsistently about matters crucial to his asylum claim, including whether he was a member of the Akali Dal Mann, whether he was injured so badly during interrogations as to require medical treatment, and whether his 1997 arrest was before or after an election for which he alleges he was campaigning. See id. at 1151-52.
Because Singh failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to demonstrate eligibility for withholding of removal. See id. at 1149.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This 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.