Case Name: Davinder 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: 2011-06-03
Citations: 435 F. App'x 642
Docket Number: No. 09-70161
Parties: Davinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 435
Pages: 642–644

Head Matter:
Davinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-70161.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 24, 2011.
Filed June 3, 2011.
Patrick Ontiveros Cantor, Esquire, But-tar & Cantor, LLP, Tukwila, WA, for Petitioner.
Monica Antoun, Esquire, John D. Williams, Esquire, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Offiee of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, 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
Davinder 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 deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and we remand.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Singh failed to establish it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to India. See Hasan v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 1114, 1122-23 (9th Cir.2004).
As to asylum and withholding of removal, Singh's declaration and testimony indicate Singh reported several incidents of harm to Indian police, and they took no action to protect him from further harm. Despite Singh's testimony that a govern ment hospital allowed him to stay for a period of time following the final attack he experienced in India, substantial evidence does not support the agency's finding that Singh failed to demonstrate past persecution by a person or group that the Indian government was unable or unwilling to control. See Afriyie, 613 F.3d at 931-34; see also Singh v. INS, 94 F.3d 1353, 1360 (9th Cir.1996). Accordingly, we remand for the agency to consider whether Singh has otherwise established past persecution, see Afriyie, 613 F.3d at 934, and in light of this, we also remand as to Singh's future fear, see id. at 934-35 (if past persecution is established or assumed, the government has the burden of showing that relocation is both safe and reasonable; further, the agency must consider the requisite regulatory factors pertinent to the reasonableness of relocation). We therefore grant the petition and remand Singh's asylum and withholding of removal 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).
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.