Mandeep Singh v. Loretta Lynch

Mandeep Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen. Singh was charged with entering the United States without inspection in 2011. He sought asylum, withholding of removal, and relief .under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), claiming he was threatened and injured by members of rival political party in India—the Akali Dal (Ba-dal) party—for refusing to join their ranks. He alleged that his life was in “grave danger” and that he could not relocate to another state in India, so he left…