Lovejit Singh v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LOVEJIT SINGH,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 09-71974
Agency No. A075-319-350
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 15, 2012**
Before: CANBY, GRABER, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Lovejit Singh, native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board
of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s
decision denying his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under
FILED
MAY 22 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings.
Kumar v. INS, 204 F.3d 931, 933 (9th Cir. 2000). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Singh failed to meet
his burden of establishing past persecution or a well-founded fear of future
persecution. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(a); see also Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971,
975-77 (9th Cir. 2009). In the absence of past persecution, Singh’s humanitarian
asylum claim necessarily fails. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(1)(iii).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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