Court Opinion

ID: 8445964
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Date Created: 2022-11-04 22:17:25.465966+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:54.922156
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MEMORANDUM **
Kulwinder Singh, a native of Kuwait and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals 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”). To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 338-39 (9th Cir.1995), we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
In the absence of an explicit adverse credibility finding, we take Singh’s testimony as true and further corroboration is not required. See Kataria v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1114 (9th Cir.2000).
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s factual determination that Singh’s asylum application was untimely and that he failed to demonstrate extraordinary or changed circumstances to excuse his untimely filing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1218, 1221 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that the court has jurisdiction to review determinations regarding the one-year asylum bar only “insofar as a petition for review raises constitutional claims or questions of law”).
Singh’s claim for withholding fails because the record would not compel a reasonable fact-finder to conclude that Singh established that he was persecuted in India, see Prasad, 47 F.3d at 339-40, or that it is more likely than not that he will be persecuted if returned to India. See Hox ha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1185 (9th Cir .2003).
In addition, Singh’s CAT claim fails because a reasonable factfinder would not be compelled to conclude that Singh established that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured if returned to India. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2); Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 966 (9th Cir.2002).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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