Singh
Singh v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
This petition for review arises out of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of Satnam Singh’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal under Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) §§ 208(a) and 241(b)(3), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a), 1231(b)(3), and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), 8 C.F.R. §§ 208.16 (c), 208.18 (2202). We have jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision under INA § 242(b), 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b), and we deny the petition for review.
1. Denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief
The BIA did not err by denying Singh’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal and CAT relief. We review the BIA’s findings under the deferential substantial evidence standard and will uphold them unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Hernandez-Montiel v. INS, 225 F.3d 1084, 1090 (9th Cir.2000).
The BIA concedes that Singh established past persecution. The BIA rested its dismissal of all aspects of Singh’s appeal on its finding of changed conditions in India; thus, although Singh’s claims implicate different tests, in this case, all three claims rise and fall on whether the INS’ evidence of changed…