Case Name: Dilipkumar Ambalal PATEL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-10
Citations: 474 F. App'x 584
Docket Number: No. 09-70205
Parties: Dilipkumar Ambalal PATEL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 584–585

Head Matter:
Dilipkumar Ambalal PATEL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-70205.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2012.
Filed July 10, 2012.
Kathleen Siok-Sien Koh, Esquire, Law Office of Kathleen S. Koh, Whittier, CA, for Petitioner.
Edward John Duffy, Trial, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief 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
Dilipkumar Ambalal Patel, 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 relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 995, 998 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that, even if Patel established past persecution on account of a statutorily protected ground, the government established by a preponderance, of the evidence that he could reasonably relocate within India to avoid harm. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(l)(i)(B); see also Gonzalez-Hernandez, 336 F.3d at 998-99 (presumption was rebutted where the agency rationally construed country report and provided an individualized analysis of the petitioner's situation). Accordingly, Patel's asylum claim fails.
Because Patel failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Gonzalez—Hernandez, 336 F.3d at 1001 n. 5.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Patel failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be tortured if returned to India. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir.2011).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.