LOVEJIT SINGH V. ERIC HOLDER, JR., No. 09-71974 (9th Cir. 2012)

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FILED MAY 22 2012 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT LOVEJIT SINGH, No. 09-71974 Petitioner, Agency No. A075-319-350 v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. 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 * 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. 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. 2 09-71974

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