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Parties Involved:
Loretta E. Lynch
Respondent
Gustavo Lizardo Mendoza
Petitioner
Pedro Lizardo Mendoza
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 16-1079

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Gustavo Lizardo Mendoza, also known as Gustavo Adan Lizardo Mendoza; Pedro

Lizardo Mendoza, also known as Pedro Josue Lizardo Mendoza

lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioners

v.

Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States

lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent

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Petition for Review of an Order of the

 Board of Immigration Appeals

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 Submitted: December 28, 2016

Filed: January 3, 2017

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Honduran citizens and siblings Gustavo and Pedro Lizardo Mendoza petition

for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an

immigration judge’s (IJ’s) denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of

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removal. After careful consideration, we conclude thatsubstantial evidence supports 1

the decision. See Garcia-Milian v. Lynch, 825 F.3d 943, 945 (8th Cir. 2016). The

petition for review is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The IJ also denied protection under the Convention Against Torture, but that 1

ruling is not before this court. See Chay-Velasquez v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 751, 756

(8th Cir. 2004).

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