Singh
Singh v. Immigration & Naturalization Services
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Petitioner Amrit Singh appeals from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his petition for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under Section 106(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, formerly codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1105 a(a). We deny the petition for review.
Initially, we recognize that it is the BIA’s decision that is under review here, as it conducted a de novo review of the record. See Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 *382 F.8d 391, 393 (9th Cir.1997). Singh challenges two determinations made by the BIA, one regarding Singh’s credibility and the other regarding a lack of evidence showing a well-founded fear of persecution. The standard for evaluating both challenges is whether the determinations are “supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (citation omitted). The BIA’s decision is subject to reversal only if the evidence presented was such that a reasonable factfinder would have to conclude that a well-founded fear of persecution existed. See id. at 481 .