Kashmir Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Kashmir 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 decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and of two BIA orders deny ing his two motions to reopen/reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petitions for review.

With respect to the agency’s denial of Singh’s underlying claims for relief (petition No. 11-73078), Singh does not challenge the agency’s adverse credibility determination. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). Because the credibility finding is disposi-tive of Singh’s asylum and withholding of removal claims, and because Singh’s CAT claim is based on the same…