Chandra

Chandra v. Holder

Good Law
327 F. App'x 21
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 5, 2009Nos. 05-72374, 07-72491California383 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

This is a consolidated petition for review brought by petitioners Ajit and Ramona Chandra and their two children. The first petition, No. 05-72374, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of petitioners’ application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The second petition, No. 07-72491, seeks review of the BIA’s denial of petitioners’ motion to reopen on account of changed country conditions. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), and we grant the petition in part and remand in light of our recent decision in Sinha v. Holder for the agency to clarify the basis of its denial of relief. See 564 F.3d 1015 (9th Cir.2009).

*22 The BIA’s “opinion must contain a statement of its reasons for denying the petitioner relief adequate for us to conduct our review, and we must remand for clarification if the Board fails to provide an adequate statement of the reasons for its decision.” Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1430 (9th Cir.1995). Where, as here, the agency fails to make specific findings regarding the severity of petitioners’ mistreatment, its nexus to a protected ground, and…

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