Singh

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 03 2012

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GURDEV SINGH, No. 07-71577

Petitioner, Agency No. A042-967-796

v.

MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted December 19, 2011 **

Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Gurdev Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing as untimely his appeal from an

immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). § 1252(a). We review de novo questions of law, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d

785 (9th Cir. 2005), and we grant the petition for review.

The BIA dismissed Singh’s appeal…