FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 15 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SATNAM SINGH, No. 11-70343
Petitioner, Agency No. A089-697-286
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 11, 2013 **
Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Satnam Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board
of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing the appeal of an immigration
judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and
relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under
*
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).
8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings,
Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and we deny the
petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Singh’s and his
family’s experiences did not rise to the level of persecution. See Lim v. INS, 224
F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir. 2000) (unfulfilled threats standing alone constitute past
persecution in only a small category of cases). Substantial evidence also supports
the BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal because Singh failed to
establish that he could not reasonably relocate within India. See Gonzalez-
Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 999 (9th Cir. 2003). Accordingly, Singh’s
asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s denial of Singh’s CAT
claim, because he failed to show a likelihood of torture at the instigation of, or with
the acquiescence of the Indian government. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066,
1073 (9th Cir. 2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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