Kamboj

Kamboj v. Mukasey

Good Law
255 F. App'x 226
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 21, 2007Nos. 05-73570, 05-75452California337 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

In these consolidated petitions, Sarbjeet Singh Kamboj, a native and citizen of India, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his application for withholding of removal and *227 relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) and its order denying his motion to reconsider. We review Singh’s application for withholding of removal for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and we review the denial of a motion to reconsider for abuse of discretion, Oh v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 611, 612 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition in No. 05-73570 and deny the petition in No.05-75452.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that Singh Kamboj failed to file his asylum application within one year of his arrival in the United States because the facts are in dispute. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-57 (9th Cir.2007).

As to Singh Kamboj’s withholding claim, the agency found that Singh Kamboj’s testimony was materially inconsistent with his statement to the asylum officer regarding a matter that goes to the heart of his asylum claim, namely, what he was doing…

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