Singh

MEMORANDUM

Sukhwinder Singh Chandi, 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”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Rostomian v. INS, 210 F.3d 1088, 1089 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.

Chandi testified the police detained him in 2000, as part of an investigation of a recent bomb explosion, and detained him again in 2001, as part of an investigation of a passenger in Chandi’s taxi. Because his detentions related to legitimate investigations, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s -finding that Chandi failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear based on Chandi’s actual or imputed political opinion. See Dinu v. Ashcroft, 372 F.3d 1041, 1043-44 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, Chandi’s asylum claim fails.

Because Chandi failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See id.…