Case Name: Baljit SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-09
Citations: 478 F. App'x 411
Docket Number: No. 08-73120
Parties: Baljit SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 478
Pages: 411–412

Head Matter:
Baljit SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-73120.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2012.
Filed July 9, 2012.
Phuong Nguyen Le, Esquire, Hardeep Singh Rai, Indus Law Group LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Channah Farber, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Le-fevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Baljit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Afriyie v. Holder, 613 F.3d 924, 931 (9th Cir.2010). We grant the petition for review, and we remand.
Because the agency found Singh established past persecution, the government had the burden of proof to show that relocation would be safe and reasonable under all of the circumstances. See id. at 935. In evaluating the relocation issue, the agency relied largely on evidence relating to the ability of Sikhs from the Punjab to relocate throughout India. Singh, however, is a farmer from Haryana who was not only accused of involvement with militants but was also detained twice for his involvement in farmer protests. In addition, his testimony and declaration indicate that he is the subject of ongoing police interest. As the agency did not take these circumstances into account in assessing relocation, we remand Singh's asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.