Case Name: Singh Saimplay LEHAMBER, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-07-07
Citations: 285 F. App'x 354
Docket Number: No. 04-72782
Parties: Singh Saimplay LEHAMBER, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: THOMAS, W. FLETCHER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 285
Pages: 354–355

Head Matter:
Singh Saimplay LEHAMBER, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-72782.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 18, 2008.
Filed July 7, 2008.
Ashwani K. Bhakhri, Law Offices of Ashwani K. Bhakhri, Burlingame, CA, for Petitioner.
William G. Cole, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Edward C. Durant, OIL, Linda S. Wendtland, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: THOMAS, W. FLETCHER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable . for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Singh Saimplay Lehamber, 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 protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the denial of relief under CAT. Bellout v. Ashcroft, 363 F.3d 975, 979 (9th Cir.2004). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Lehamber has not demonstrated that he is entitled to CAT relief because he has not established that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if removed to India. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c); Kamalthas v. INS, 251 F.3d 1279, 1284 (9th Cir.2001). Because the BIA reopened the proceedings solely to address Lehamber's CAT claim, we will not address Lehamber's contentions related to his asylum and withholding of removal claims. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.18(b)(2) (stating that aliens with final removal orders dated before March 22, 1999, "may move to reopen proceedings for the sole purpose of seeking protection under [CAT]").
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.