Chandi

MEMORANDUM *

Satnam Singh Chandi seeks relief from a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying him asylum and relief from removal. Before this court he advances four contentions: (1) because the signature of the issuer of the Notice to Appear (“NTA”) was illegible, the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) lacked jurisdiction; (2) he was denied his right to a full and fair removal hearing because his attorney was compromised by being implicated as a participant in a criminal immigration enterprise; (3) the finding that he was not credible is not supported by substantial evidence; and (4) the evidence does not support the BIA finding that his application for asylum was frivolous. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history, we do not restate them here except as necessary to explain our decision. We affirm the BIA’s denial of relief to Chandi, but vacate its determination that his application for asylum was frivolous.

1. Chandi’s not entitled to any relief on his contentions that the illegible signature of the issuer of the NTA deprived the IJ of jurisdiction because these arguments were rejected by this court in Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061,…