Case Name: Sushil 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: 2009-06-25
Citations: 336 F. App'x 686
Docket Number: No. 06-71346
Parties: Sushil SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 336
Pages: 686–687

Head Matter:
Sushil SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-71346.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 16, 2009.
Filed June 25, 2009.
Inna Lipkin, Esq., Law Offices of Inna Lipkin, Redwood City, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Aviva L. Poczter, Esq., DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sushil 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, Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of asylum based on Singh's adverse credibility. See id. at 993. The IJ identified material inconsistencies between Singh's testimony and the declaration and documents that he submitted. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 938 (9th Cir.2000). The IJ also made a specific and cogent demeanor finding that Singh testified in a manner suggesting his story was memorized, and when confronted, changed his testimony several times to conform to his declaration and documents. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1151 (9th Cir.1999). These observations are supported by the record.
In the absence of credible testimony, Singh necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003).
Because Singh's CAT claim is based on the same evidence found not credible, and he points to no other record evidence that the IJ should have considered, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief. See id. at 1157.
We lack jurisdiction to review Singh's contentions regarding humanitarian asylum and the IJ's abuse of due process because Singh did not exhaust those arguments before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (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 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.