Case Name: Dalvir SINGH, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-01-03
Citations: 311 F. App'x 7
Docket Number: No. 05-71396
Parties: Dalvir SINGH, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 311
Pages: 7–7

Head Matter:
Dalvir SINGH, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-71396.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 3, 2007 .
Filed Jan. 3, 2008.
Pardeep Singh Grewal, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Dalvir Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT").
This court lacks jurisdiction to review the IJ's and BIA's purely factual determination that Singh failed to timely file his asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a)(5).
We have jurisdiction over Singh's remaining claims under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the IJ's and BIA's denial of Singh's claims on the basis of an adverse credibility finding. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992 (9th Cir.2003).
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's and BIA's denial of Singh's withholding of removal claim. Singh's testimony was inconsistent with a report from the Department of Homeland Security regarding his date of entry into the United States, which bears directly on his eligibility for asylum. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 940 (9th Cir.2000). Singh lacked basic knowledge of Sikhism, the religion which allegedly motivated the persecution he claims to have suffered. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1139, 1143 (9th Cir.2004). In the absence of credible testimony, Singh also failed to provide sufficient corroborating evidence to support his claim. See Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1092 (9th Cir.2000). Accordingly, we deny his withholding of removal claim.
Singh's CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same testimony that the IJ and BIA found not credible, and Singh points to no other evidence that he could claim the IJ and BIA should have considered. 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.