Tajinder Singh v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 13 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TAJINDER SINGH, No. 18-71166

Petitioner, Agency No. A099-474-102

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 16, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, GOULD, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge COLLINS.

Tajinder Singh (“Petitioner”) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeal’s

(“BIA”) denial of his request for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Because the parties are familiar

with the facts and procedural history of the case, we do not recite them here except

as necessary to explain our decision.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. “Where, as here, the BIA adopts and affirms the IJ’s order pursuant

to Matter of Burbano,…