Singh

Singh v. Holder

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550 F. App'x 465
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 20, 2013No. 11-73878California489 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Kawaljeet Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to remand, and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 998 (9th Cir.2003), and for abuse of discretion a denial of a motion to remand, de Jesus Melendez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of humanitarian asylum. Belayneh v. INS, 213 F.3d 488, 491 (9th Cir.2000). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that, even if Singh suffered past persecution, the government established by a preponderance of the evidence that Singh can reasonably relocate to another part of India, rebutting the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1070 (9th…

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