Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Baldev Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“I J”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 998 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Even if Singh established past persecution on account of an imputed political opinion, substantial evidence supports that I J’s determination that the government rebutted the presumption that Singh had a well-founded fear of future persecution by demonstrating that country conditions in India changed significantly since his departure. See id. at 999 . The IJ rationally construed the country reports in the record and provided a sufficiently individualized analysis of Singh’s situation. See id. at 998-99 . Accordingly, Singh’s asylum claim fails.

Because Singh failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See id. at…