Singh
Singh v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Sukhminder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“Convention”). This petition for review is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We deny the petition for review.
We decline to review the BIA’s finding that country conditions in India have changed such that Singh could not demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution. Singh, through counsel, does not challenge the BIA’s dispositive changed country conditions finding before this Court and, in the absence of argument, he has waived the issue. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1260 (9th Cir.1996).
For this reason, we do not consider Singh’s contentions regarding his eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 1000-01 (9th Cir.2003) (denying a petition for review upon concluding that the BIA’s changed country conditions finding was supported by substantial evidence).