Case: 19-15189 Date Filed: 08/24/2020 Page: 1 of 7 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 19-15189 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ Agency No. A215-828-497 GURJEET SINGH-KHINDA, Petitioner, versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. ________________________ Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ________________________ (August 24, 2020) Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, BRANCH and FAY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 19-15189 Date Filed: 08/24/2020 Page: 2 of 7 Gurjeet Singh-Khinda (“Singh”) seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) final order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Singh argues that the adverse credibility finding which supported the denial of all his claims was not supported by substantial evidence. After careful review, we disagree and deny his petition. I. Background Singh is a native and citizen of India and a member of the Sikh religion. After he entered the United States in November 2018 without valid entry documents, he was immediately detained by border patrol agents and sought asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. Singh claimed that he feared for his life in India because of political persecution based on prior instances where he was physically attacked by the “Congress Party” due to his activities with the “Maan Party.” At the merits hearing on his application, Singh testified that members of the Congress Party were anti-Sikh, had threatened him, and had tried to get him to join their party and sell drugs. He stated that on December 13, 2017, while putting up posters for the Maan Party, he was attacked by members of the Congress Party and was slapped, kicked, and punched. He also stated that he was attacked a second time on July 5, 2018, when four men surrounded him and beat him with hockey sticks. 2 Case: 19-15189 Date Filed: 08/24/2020 Page: 3 of 7 The IJ determined that Singh’s story lacked credibility and denied his application. The IJ based the credibility finding on inconsistencies between Singh’s testimony before the IJ and his initial interview with border patrol, 1 Singh’s failure to answer satisfactorily “simple, direct questions made by the Court,”2 Singh’s inability to provide specific details or furnish proof regarding the political affiliations of his alleged attackers, inconsistency between Singh’s testimony and his statements to border patrol that he came to the United States to work and send money back home, and the similarity of Singh’s story to other Sikh members requesting asylum.3 In sum, the IJ found that Singh’s testimony was 1 In his initial interview with border patrol, Singh stated that he had been attacked “3 times” in India by people who wanted him to “sell drugs.” But he provided only two dates on which he was attacked: September 13, 2017 and July 25, 2018. During his hearing before the IJ, Singh claimed that he was attacked twice, on December 13, 2017 and July 5, 2018. Singh admitted ...
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