Singh

Singh v. Gonzales

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168 F. App'x 855
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 23, 2006No. 04-70801California339 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Shiu Pal Singh is a native and citizen of Fiji. Singh petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, which affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

We lack jurisdiction to review both the BIA’s determination that Singh is statutorily ineligible for asylum based on the one-year time bar, and the BIA’s determination that Singh did not establish extraordinary circumstances or changed circumstances to excuse the one-year time bar. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1218, 1221-22 (9th Cir.2005). •

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 over the remaining claims. *857 Where, as here, the BIA conducted a de novo review of the record and made an independent determination of whether relief is appropriate, this court reviews the decision of the BIA. See Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir.2001). We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s decision to deny withholding of removal, Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001), and relief under CAT, Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1193 (9th…

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