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Parties Involved:
Michael B. Mukasey
Respondent
Carlos Humberto Osorio-Guardado
Petitioner

Document Text:

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Michael B. Mukasey has been appointed to serve as Attorney General of the

United States, and is substituted as respondent pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate

Procedure 43(c).

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1742

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Carlos Humberto Osorio-Guardado, *

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Petitioner, *

* Petition for Review of an 

v. * Order of the Board of

* Immigration Appeals.

Michael B. Mukasey,1 *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Respondent. *

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Submitted: March 7, 2008

Filed: March 17, 2008

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Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Carlos Humberto Osorio-Guardado, a native and citizen of El Salvador,

petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which

affirmed the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his application for asylum

and withholding of removal.

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After careful review of the record, we conclude that substantial evidence on the

record as a whole supports the IJ’s and BIA’s findings that Osorio-Guardado did not

suffer past persecution and did not have a well-founded fear of future persecution on

account of imputed political opinion. See Eta-Ndu v. Gonzales, 411 F.3d 977, 982-83

(8th Cir. 2005) (standard of review); Quomsieh v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 602, 605 (8th

Cir. 2007) (when BIA adopts IJ’s decision and adds its own reasoning, this court

reviews both decisions together). Although his father was murdered by guerillas and

his older brother was threatened, Osorio-Guardado presented no evidence that he had

been harmed or threatened in the twelve years he lived in El Salvador following his

father’s murder. See Shoaira v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 837, 844 (8th Cir. 2005)

(persecution is infliction or threat of death, torture, or injury to one’s person or

freedom, on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in particular social

group, or political opinion); Regalado-Garcia v. INS, 305 F.3d 784, 787-88 (8th Cir.

2002) (petitioner who did not suffer harm or physical injury as result of discrete

incidents did not suffer persecution). Further, Osorio-Guardado failed to offer

specific and credible evidence that a reasonable person in his position would fear

future persecution if returned to El Salvador--especially considering that his family

moved to a safer town after the murder and that his mother and brother still live

unharmed in El Salvador. See Makatengkeng v. Gonzales, 495 F.3d 876, 881 (8th

Cir. 2007) (criteria to show well-founded fear of future persecution); Mohamed v.

Ashcroft, 396 F.3d 999, 1006 (8th Cir. 2005) (ability to resettle in non-hostile region

supported IJ’s conclusion that petitioner had not established well-founded fear of

future persecution); Francois v. INS, 283 F.3d 926, 932 (8th Cir. 2002) (finding of no

well-founded fear of future persecution was bolstered by fact that family remaining

in home country had not been harmed). Because Osorio-Guardado did not qualify for

asylum, he likewise did not qualify for withholding of removal. See Regalado-Garcia,

305 F.3d at 788 (withholding-of-removal standard is more rigorous than asylum

standard). Accordingly, the petition for review is denied. 

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