Singh

Singh v. Holder

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360 F. App'x 761
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 23, 2009No. 06-75791California328 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Bakhtawar Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order 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 an IJ’s adverse credibility finding. Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741 (9th Cir.2007). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s determination that Singh’s application for asylum is time-barred because that finding is based on disputed facts. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(3); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam) (“ ‘questions of law’ as it is used in [the Real ID Act], extends to questions involving the application of statutes or regulations to undisputed facts[.]”). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for review as to Singh’s asylum claim.

Singh testified inconsistently about whether he knew the people who met at his farm house had militant links. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse…

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