Case Name: Kulwant SINGH, a.k.a. Kulwant Singh Kahlon, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-06-29
Citations: 477 F. App'x 461
Docket Number: No. 11-71545
Parties: Kulwant SINGH, a.k.a. Kulwant Singh Kahlon, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 477
Pages: 461–462

Head Matter:
Kulwant SINGH, a.k.a. Kulwant Singh Kahlon, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71545.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2012.
Filed June 29, 2012.
Kulwant Singh, Turlock, CA, pro se.
OIL, Lisa Damiano, 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: 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
Kulwant Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions pro se 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, Molino-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.
Singh claims he will be persecuted in India by his politically-connected brother. Even if Singh's asylum application was timely, substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Singh failed to establish a nexus to a protected ground. See id. at 1051-52 (evidence indicated harm was based on a personal matter not a protected ground); see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) ("[t]he REAL ID Act requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution"). Accordingly, Singh's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Molina-Morales, 237 F.3d at 1052.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Singh failed to establish it is more likely than not that he would be tortured by or with the acquiescence of the government if returned to India. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.