Singh
Singh v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Baljit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
We reject Singh’s contention that his due process rights were violated by the IJ’s denial of his asylum application for failure to timely file, because he failed to show prejudice. See Lopez-Umanzor v. Gonzales, 405 F.3d 1049, 1058 (9th Cir.2005). Singh’s claim that the IJ misapplied the law in determining his asylum claim was untimely is also denied, because the IJ may require corroborating evidence in the absence of credible testimony. See Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1092 (9th Cir.2000). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s determination that Singh did not meet the one-year deadline and did not qualify for an exception to the deadline for filing his asylum application. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1218, 1221-22 (9th Cir.2005) (restricting the Court’s jurisdiction to constitutional violations and issues of law).