Singh

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AJAY PAL SINGH, No. 22-211 Agency No. Petitioner,

A208-189-362

v.

OPINION

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted April 17, 2023 San Francisco, California

Filed March 22, 2024

Before: Lawrence VanDyke and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges, and Kathryn H. Vratil, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Vratil; Dissent by Judge VanDyke

* The Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil, United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Immigration

Granting in part and denying in part Ajay Singh’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the denial of asylum and related relief, and remanding, the panel held that the record compelled the conclusion that Singh experienced past harm rising to the level of persecution, the BIA erred in its internal relocation analysis for purposes of asylum and withholding of removal, and substantial evidence supported the denial of protection under…