Case Name: Gurwinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-14
Citations: 508 F. App'x 671
Docket Number: No. 10-72875
Parties: Gurwinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 508
Pages: 671–672

Head Matter:
Gurwinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-72875.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 11, 2018.
Filed Feb. 14, 2013.
Loretta Diane Nelms Reyes, Esquire, Law Office Loretta Nelms Reyes, Chula Vista, CA, for Petitioner.
Aric Allan Anderson, Trial, Oil, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, Singh’s request for oral argument is denied.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Gurwinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, -withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, including adverse credibility determinations. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Boota Singh Basi and his business partner prepared Singh's asylum application. The agency found Singh's application to be a blatant fabrication, based on Basi's testimony that he made up Singh's claim, and the government's submission of an unrelated application Basi prepared and filed four months prior to Singh's, which was nearly identical in content and form. Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 745 (9th Cir.2004) (fraudulent documents going to the heart of claim may justify adverse credibility determination); see also Fernandes v. Holder, 619 F.3d 1069, 1075 (9th Cir.2010) (adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence based, in part, on Boota Singh Basi's testimony that every application he filed was false). In the absence of credible testimony, Singh's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Singh's CAT claim fails because it is based on the same statements found not credible, and he does not point to any other evidence that shows it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to India. See id. at 1156-57.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Singh's contention that the IJ failed to consider and weigh all the evidence he provided, because he did not raise this claim to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.