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Parties Involved:
Elvis H. Tobar Hernandez
Petitioner
Loretta E. Lynch
Respondent

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3957

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Elvis H. Tobar Hernandez

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: October 12, 2016

Filed: October 17, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Elvis H. Tobar Hernandez, a citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an

order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from an adverse

decision of an immigration judge. He challenges the denial of his claim for

withholding of removal based on an alleged well-founded fear of future persecution,

and the denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). After careful

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consideration, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the decision. See

Davila-Mejia v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 624, 627, 629 (8th Cir. 2008) (standard of

review); cf. Garcia v. Holder, 746 F.3d 869, 872-73 (8th Cir. 2014) (opposition to

gangs is not basis for cognizable “particular social group”); Cooke v. Mukasey, 538

F.3d 899, 908 (8th Cir. 2008) (claim under CAT fails where based on same facts as

unsuccessful asylum and withholding-of-removal claims).

The petition is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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