Jagjeet Gill v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Jagjeet Singh Gill, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying 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, Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1487 (9th Cir.1997), and we deny the petition for review.

Gill testified police searched for him because of their belief that he could become politically active like his father, their belief that Gill had connections to militants, their desire to take revenge for his father’s past political activities, and an investigation regarding a convict who escaped from jail. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Gill failed to establish that a protected ground was one central reason for the police’s interest in him. See id. at 1490-91 ; see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (“[t]he REAL ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, Gill’s asylum and withholding…