Case Name: Ranjit 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: 2010-03-05
Citations: 369 F. App'x 851
Docket Number: No. 07-73073
Parties: Ranjit SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 369
Pages: 851–852

Head Matter:
Ranjit SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73073.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed March 5, 2010.
Pardeep S. Grewal, Esquire, Law Offices of Pardeep S. Grewal, Castro Valley, CA, for Petitioner.
Alison Marie Igoe, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, 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
Ranjit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Where, as here, the BIA reviews de novo the IJ's decision, our review is limited to the decision of the BIA. Garda-Quintero v. Gonzales, 455 F.3d 1006, 1011 (9th Cir.2006). We review for substantial evidence, Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition.
The BIA denied Singh's petition for asylum and withholding of removal, finding that, even assuming Singh had proven past persecution on account of a protected ground, the Government had successfully rebutted the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution by demonstrating changed country conditions. Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 1000 (9th Cir.2003).
Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's denial of Singh's CAT claim because he failed to establish it was more likely than not that he would be tortured if he returned to India. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(e)(3)(ii); Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1113 (9th Cir.2006).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.