Case Name: Sijay Kumar SINGH; Kalpana Krishma Singh, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-05-25
Citations: 233 F. App'x 704
Docket Number: No. 04-72776
Parties: Sijay Kumar SINGH; Kalpana Krishma Singh, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 233
Pages: 704–705

Head Matter:
Sijay Kumar SINGH; Kalpana Krishma Singh, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-72776.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 16, 2007.
Filed May 25, 2007.
Christina S. Denison, Bellevue, WA, for Petitioners.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, WWS-District Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Susan M. Harrison, Esq., USSE — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sijay Kumar Singh and his wife, Kalpana Krishma Singh, natives and citizens of Fiji, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order affirming without opinion an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Kataria v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000), we grant the petition for review in part, deny it in part and remand for further proceedings.
Where, as here, the IJ fails to make an explicit adverse credibility determination, we generally accept a petitioner's testimony as true and proceed to review the record. See id. at 1114. However, the IJ in this case was unclear as to whether the petitioners established past persecution and whether he applied a rebuttable presumption of a well-founded fear of persecution. Accordingly, we remand the matter to the BIA for clarification as to the petitioners' asylum and withholding of removal claims. See Recinos De Leon v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 1185, 1192-94 (9th Cir.2005).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because the petitioners did not establish that it is more likely than not that they will be tortured if returned to Fiji. See Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED in part; DENIED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.