Case Name: Kartar 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: 2013-03-20
Citations: 512 F. App'x 715
Docket Number: No. 09-72897
Parties: Kartar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 512
Pages: 715–716

Head Matter:
Kartar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-72897.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2013.
Filed March 20, 2013.
Jaspreet Singh, Esquire, Law Office of Jaspreet Singh, Jackson Heights, NY, for Petitioner.
Jessica Renee Cusick Malloy, Judith Roberta O’Sullivan, Esquire, Trial, 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: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Kartar Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") 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 the agency's factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We grant the petition for review and remand.
Because the BIA found Singh established past persecution, the government had the burden to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that Singh could avoid future persecution. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(1)(h), 1208.16(b)(1)(h). In evaluating changed country conditions, the BIA relied largely on evidence relating
generally to Sikhs and to Akali Dal Mann members or supporters and also found that Singh was unlikely to be perceived as a hard-core militant based on driving a truck for Akali Dal Mann. However, the police repeatedly accused Singh of involvement with militants, during both of his detentions in the Punjab and Jammu and when the Punjab police visited his family's home looking for him after he was released from detention in Jammu. Further, his testimony indicates he is the subject of ongoing police interest. As the BIA did not take these circumstances into account, we grant the petition for review and 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); Lopez v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 799, 805-07 (9th Cir.2004) (stating BIA must provide individualized analysis of how changed conditions affect specific petitioner's situation and remanding where BIA determination was not sufficiently individualized).
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.