Court Opinion

ID: 8426249
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 02:28:19.617994+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:31.264123
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MEMORANDUM ***
Surinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision. Singh’s testimony was not credible because it lacked specificity, was unresponsive, and appeared to be scripted and memorized. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1152-53 (9th Cir.1999); cf. Singh v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 1109, 1114 (9th Cir.2002). Moreover, substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility finding based on Singh’s failure to identify himself. See Singh-Kaur, 183 F.3d at 1152-53; Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003) (upholding adverse credibility finding where the IJ’s “credibility findings went to key elements of the asylum application, including identity ... ”). Singh has not shown that the documentary evidence presented compelled a contrary conclusion in order to overcome the special deference accorded to credibility determinations. See Malh% 336 F.3d at 993.
Because Singh failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 960-61 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc).
Singh waived his CAT claim because he did not exhaust administrative remedies, *129and it was not properly argued in his brief. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004); Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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