Chinna

Chinna v. Gonzales

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221 F. App'x 679
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 26, 2007No. 05-75600California284 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Kabal Singh Chinna, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, which summarily affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

Where, as here, the BIA affirms without an opinion, we review the IJ’s decision directly. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence, GonzalezHemandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995 , 998 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that the government rebutted the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution by showing that there has been a fundamental change in circumstances in India such that Chinna no longer has a well-founded fear of future persecution. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.13 (b)(1); see also Gonzalez-Hernandez, 336 F.3d at 998-99. The IJ’s analysis of how changed country conditions affected Chinna’s specific situation was sufficiently individualized to provide substantial evidence for the…

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