Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determin ed that thi s opinio n should not * be publishe d an d is not precede nt except und er the limit ed circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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J OSE EL I S EO CUA- TUM AX P et i t i on er v. ERI C H

. H OLD ER, J R. , U. S. ATTORN EY GE N ERA L R esp on d en t

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t he B o a r d o f Im m ig r a tio n A p p e a ls B I A N o. A 70 5 66 974

B ef ore JO L L Y , W IE N E R , an d E L R O D , C i rcui t Ju dg es . P E R C U R I A M: * Pet i t i onerJo se E l i se o Cu a- Tu m ax, a nat i ve and ci t i ze n of G uat em al a, s e e ks r e vi e w o f

t he o r de r o f

t he Boa r d o f

I m m i gr at i o n A ppe al s ( “ BI A” ) a f f i r m i ng t h e i m m i grati on j u dg e’ s ( “ IJ’ s” ) deci si on den yi n g h i s app l i cat i on f or c an cel l ati on o f r e m o v a l a n d a s y lu m . W e d i s m i s s fo r la c k o f ju r is d ic tio n th e p a r t o f h is pe t i t i o n t hats e e ks c anc e l l at i o n o f r e m o va l unde r 8 U

. S. C. § 12 29 b, and w e de ny th e p a r t o f h is p e tit io n th a t s e e k s a s y lu m u n d e r 8 U .S .C . § 1 1 5 8
. United States Court of A pp eals

Fifth Circuit 

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Wang v. Holder , 5 6 9F .3 d 5 3 1 , 5 3 6( 5 thC ir

. 2 0 0 9). 1 See 8U .S .C

. § 1 2 2 9b (b )( 1 )(D). 2 I d

. § 1 2 5 2 (a)( 2 )( B)(i) , (a)( 2 )(D); Su ng v. K eisler , 5 0 5 F .3 d 3 7 2 , 3 7 7( 5 thC ir

. 2 0 0 7). 3 E fev . As h crof

t , 2 9 3F .3 d 8 9 9 , 9 0 3( 5 thC ir

. 2 0 0 2 ). 4 2 W e g e n e r a lly h a v e a u th o r ity to re v ie w o n ly th e B IA ’ s d e c is io n u n le s s it is i nf l ue nc e d b y t hato f

t he I J, i n whi ch ca s e w e r e vi e w b o t h de c i s i o ns . I n t he 1 i n s t a n t c a s e , t h e B I A o f fe r e d i t s o wn a n a l y s i s i n a f f i r mi n g t h e I J ’ s d e c i s i o n ; we th e r e fo r e re v ie w o n ly th e B IA ’ s d e c is io n . C u a- T u m ax con t en ds t h at he i s el i gi bl e f or c an cel l ati on of rem oval u n der 8 U

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. C. § 1 22 9b (b) ( 1) b e c aus e he m e e t s a l lo f t he s t at ut o r y r e qui r e m e nt s, i n cl u d i n g t h a t h i s rem ov a l w ou l d ca u se his da u gh ters, U n i ted S tates citi ze n s, to suff er an “except i on a l an d extrem el y u n u sua lha rdship. ” C on gress, how ever, 2 h as st ri pp ed u s of

j u ri sdi ct i o n to r evi ew cl ai m s f or di scr et i on ary rel i ef un der § 122 9b excep t w h en a peti t i on i n vol ves a const i t u t i on al cl ai m or q u est i on of l aw . C ua- Tu m ax al l ege s no co nst i t ut i onalvi ol at i on an d w e c annot r ec as t as an 3 i ss ue o f l aw hi s c l ai m based on the cum ul at i ve ef fec t of f i nanci aland educ at i onal h ardsh i p that h i s fam i l y w ou l d suff er. W e theref

ore l ack j u ri sdi ct i on to c on si der
w h e th e r th e B IA e r r e d in d e n y in g ca n c e lla tio n o f r e m o v a l. C u a -T u m a x n e x t u r g e s th a t t h e B IA e r r o n e o u s ly d e n ie d h is a s y lu m cla im bec ause i t fai l ed t o r ec ogni ze hi s st at us as a m em ber of a “ par t i c ul ar soci al gr oup” — “ you n g m en w ho have bee n ac t i vel y r ec r ui t ed bygangs and have ref u sed t o j oi n t h em . ” W e revi ew t h e B IA ’ s l egal h ol di n gs de no vo and i t s fac t ual f i ndi ngs f

o r s ubs t ant i alev i de nc e . The Se c r e t ar y o f H o m e l and Se c ur i t y o r t he 4 A t t orney G en eral , i n hi s di scr et i on , m ay gran t asyl u m to “r e fug ees” un der 8 U

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. C

. § 1158 (b) (1 ). T o qu al i f y as a ref

u gee, a peti t i on er m u st est abli sh persecuti on or a w el l

- f ou n ded fear of

persecuti on i n hi s cou n t ry on the basi s ofN o. 08- 61083

8U .S .C

. § 1 1 0 1 (a)( 4 2 )( A ). 5 Mwembie v. Gonzales , 4 4 3 F .3 d 4 0 5 , 4 1 4

– 1 5 (5 thC ir

. 2 0 0 6) (i nte rn al qu ot a ti onmark s 6 om itte d)

. See Ramos-Lopez v. Holder , 56 3 F.3d 85 5, 862 (9th Cir. 2 009) (defe rrin g to the BIA’s 7 inte rpretationinh oldi ngth at “yo ung Hondur an men who h av e b eenrec ruited b y ga ng s but refuseto jo in do n ot c onstitutea particul ar social group”). I n a se ries of re centu npubli shed — an d th erefo re non-pre cedential— opinion s, we h av e re je cted clai ms that petitio ners bel ong toap a rtic u lar so ci al gro u p b a se d onth eir re si st a n ceto ga n gme mb er ship

. See, e.g. , CruzMelgar v. Holde r , No

. 0 8 -6 0 4 5 6 , 2 0 0 9WL1 7 4 4 0 2 3 , a t *1 ( 5 thC ir

. J u n e 2 2 , 2 0 0 9) (p erc u ri a m); Orellana-Mons on v. Holde r , No. 08-6 039 4, 2 009 WL 165 703 7, at *1 (5th Cir. J une15 , 20 09) (p erc u ri a m); Rivera-Barrera v. Holde r , 3 2 2 F . App ’x3 7 5 , 3 7 5

– 7 6( 5 thC ir

. 2 0 0 9) (p erc u ri a m); Cruz-Alvarez v. Holder , 32 0 F. App’x273, 274(5th Cir. 2 009) (per curi am). Althou ghwe are not bou nd byany of these decisi ons, we agree with their re sults, conc ludingth at “Guate mala n yo uth s who resist ga ngrec ruitment” does not c onstitutea particul ar social group. 3 an y of f i ve cat egori es of

w h i ch m em bershi p i n a parti cul ar soci al g roup is one. 5 M e m b e r s o f a p a r tic u la r s o c ia l g r o u p “ s h a r e a c o m m o n im m u ta b le ch a r a c te r is tic th a t t h e y e ith e r ca n n o t c h a n g e o r s h o u ld n o t b e re q u ir e d to ch a n g e b e c a u s e it is f unda m e nt alt o t he i r i ndi vi dua li de nt i t i e s o r c o ns c i e nc e s . ” W e , l i ke t he BI A and 6 I J, ho l d t hatCua- Tum ax ha s fa i l e d t o e s t ab l i s h t hathe i s a m e m be r o f a ny pa rt i cul ar soc i al group . Th e cat egori es of y o u th a n d ga n g recr u i t m en t are 7 overl y broad a n d of

fer n o m ean i n gf

u lb asi s f

or di st i n gu i shi n g C u a- T u m ax f rom ot h er persons. PETI TI ON DI SM I SS ED I N PART; DEN I ED I N PART.