Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner Kuldip Singh petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming in part and reversing in part an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision regarding his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We lack jurisdiction to review his claim for asylum, and we decline to address the merits of Singh’s CAT claim, which is currently moot.

The parties are familiar with the facts of this case, and we do not recite them in detail. Singh, a native of India, is a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal Mann, a Sikh nationalist party dedicated to creating an independent state of Khalistan for Sikhs. After joining the group, Singh was arrested twice on account of his political activities and, on both occasions, subjected to beatings, torture, and imprisonment by Indian authorities. In February 2001, Singh learned from his wife (who remains in India) that his father died of injuries sustained after being detained by the police, also for political reasons.

The IJ denied Singh’s claim for asylum, withholding of removal and CAT relief, but granted him voluntary departure. The IJ also entered…