IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-60805 Summary Calendar

BALWANT SINGH,

Petitioner,

versus

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,

Respondent.

-------------------- Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration of Appeals BIA No. A72 131 235 -------------------- December 14, 1999

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Balwant Singh petitions for review of the order of the

Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal from

the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his

application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Singh

contends that the BIA erred by dismissing his appeal because he

established a well-founded fear of persecution on religious and

political grounds. The decision of the BIA and IJ that Singh did

not have a well-founded fear of religious or political

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 98-60805 -2-

persecution is supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Faddoul v. INS,

(5th Cir. 1994).

PETITION DENIED.