Singh

MEMORANDUM ***

Ravinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) December 30, 2002 decision denying his motion to reopen and reconsider the BIA’s May 13, 2002 decision. In the May 13, 2002 decision, the BIA dismissed Singh’s appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. In the May 13, 2002 decision, the BIA also denied Singh’s motion to remand to apply for relief under the Convention Against Torture. We apply the transitional rules under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, and we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208 , 1209 n. 2 (9th Cir.2000) (per curiam). We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo the BIA’s determination of purely legal questions. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review in part, and dismiss in part.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in its December 20, 2002 decision, when it denied Singh’s motion to reopen on the basis of changed country conditions, because Singh’s…