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Parties Involved:
Erick Rocael Garcia Olivares
Petitioner
Alberto Gonzales
Respondent

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-3000

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Erick Rocael Garcia Olivares, *

*

Petitioner, *

* Petition for Review of an

v. * Order of the Board of

* Immigration Appeals.

Alberto Gonzales, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Respondent. *

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Submitted: September 7, 2007

Filed: September 13, 2007

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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Guatemalan citizen Erick Garcia Olivares petitions for review of an order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which affirmed an Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s)

denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against

Torture (CAT).

After careful review of the record, we conclude the decision of the IJ and the

BIA--that Olivares failed to establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear

of future persecution on account of a protected ground--is supported by substantial

evidence in the record as a whole. See Eta-Ndu v. Gonzales, 411 F.3d 977, 982-83

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

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605 (8th Cir. 2007) (when BIA adopts IJ’s decision and adds its own reasoning, this

court reviews both decisions together). Because Olivares alleged the same factual

basis for all his claims, the conclusions that support the denial of his asylum and

withholding-of-removal claims also support the denial of his CAT claim. See

Samedov v. Gonzales, 422 F.3d 704, 708-09 (8th Cir. 2005).

Accordingly, we deny the petition.

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