Legal Opinion
Singh v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 25, 2008No. 07-2187PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Bagh Singh, a native and citizen of India, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Singh claims that he experienced persecution in India because of his father’s political beliefs. The BIA rejected this contention and concluded that petitioner had failed to show that any of the statutory bases for obtaining relief from deportation was the “central reason” for his alleged persecution. Singh challenges that conclusion, as…
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