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Parties Involved:
Loretta E. Lynch
Respondent
Santos Zacarias-Castro
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3869

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Santos Zacarias-Castro

lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner

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: August 17, 2016

Filed: August 18, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Guatemalan citizen Santos Zacarias-Castro petitions for review of an order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s denial of his

application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention

Against Torture. After careful consideration, we conclude that substantial evidence

on the record as a whole supports the denial of relief. Zacarias-Castro failed to

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establish that the harm he claims to have suffered--or he fears may come to him if he

returns to his native country--is related to one of the five grounds that is protected

under the asylum statute. See Davila-Mejia v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 624, 627-29 (8th

Cir. 2008); Quomsieh v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 602, 606-07 (8th Cir. 2007). 

Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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