Rajat Kumar v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 23 2012

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

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

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAJAT KUMAR, a.k.a. Rajat Rajat, a.k.a. No. 09-72074 Rajat Sharma, Agency No. A098-522-873 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted January 17, 2012 **

Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Rajat Kumar, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing an immigration judge’s

decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have

* 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). jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence,

Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir. 2001), and we deny…