Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinionshould not * be publishe d an d is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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B ef ore B E N AV ID E S , P R A D O , an d S O U T H W IC K , C i rcui tJu dg es. P E R C U R IA M: * H ect or R obert o R odri gu ez, a n ative of G u atel m al a, h as fil ed a peti t i on f or revi ew f rom t h e den i alby the B oard of I m m i grati on A pp eal s ( B IA) of hi s r equ est f or w i t h h ol di n g of

rem oval. H e argu es t h at t h e B IAerr ed w h en i tdeter m i n ed t hatt he v i o l e nc e he e xp e r i e nc e d a tt he ha nds o f m e m be r s o f a G uat e m al an ga ng d idn o t w a r r a n t r e lie f fr o m re m o v a l. R odr i guez doe s notc hal l enge t he det er m i nat i on by t he i m m i gr at i on j udge ( IJ) an d the B IAt h at he w as not seeki n g rel i ef un der t h e C on ven t i on A gainst United States Court of App eals

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2 Tort ur e , no r d o e s he c ha l l e ng e t he d e ni a l o f v o l un t a r y d e p a r t ur e . H e has th e r e fo r e a b a n d o n e da n ych a ll e n g e to th e s e ru lin g s . S eeS o a d jed e v . A sh cr oft , 3 2 4 F .3 d8 3 0 , 8 3 3 ( 5 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ); B rin k m a n n v. D a lla s Co u n ty D ep u ty S h er iff A bn er , 8 1 3 F .2 d7 4 4 , 7 4 8 ( 5 th C ir . 1 9 8 7 ). A ls o , a lth o u g h h e co n c lu s io n a lly assert s t h at he seeks asyl u m , R odri gu ez does n otadd ress t h e I J’ s det erm i n ati on t hathe i s i ne l i gibl e f o ra s yl um b e c aus e he di d n otfi l e at i m e l y as yl um a p p lic a tio n . H e h a s th e r e fo r e a b a n d o n e dth is is s u e . S e eB r in k m a n n , 813 F. 2d at 748. I n any eve nt , as m or e t han a yearel apse d bet w ee n R odr i guez ’ s ar r ival i n t he U ni t e d St at e s a nd t he da t e t hathe f i l e d hi s a s yl um a ppl i c at i o n, a nd h e d o e s n o t a r g u e th a t t h e r e a r e e x tr a o r d in a r ycir c u m s ta n c e s th a t p r e v e n te dh is f i l i n g , t h e r e c o r ds u p p o r t s t h e d e t e r mi n a t i o n t h a th e i s n o te n t i t l e dt o a s y l u m. S ee8 U .S .C

. § 1 1 5 8 (a )(2)(B ). Th e I J an d the B IAdet er m i ned thatreg ar dl es s of w het hert he har m t hat R odr i guez s ust ai ned att he hands o f the gang w as s eve r e e nough t o q ual i f y as p e r s e c u tio n , R o d r ig u e z ’ s cla im fo rw ith h o ld in go f r e m o v a l fa ile db e c a u s e h e d id
n otest abli sh that t h e persecuti on w as m ot iva te d by h i s m em bershi p i n one of t he f iv e p r o t e c t e dc a t e g o r i e s . Ana p p l i c a n tf o rwi t h h o l d i n go f

r e m o v a lh a s t he b u r d e n o f s h o w in g th a t it is “m o r e lik e ly th a n n o t” th a t h is life o rfr e e d o m w o u ld be t hre at ened b y pe r se c ut i on o n ac c ou n t of r ac e, r el i gi on, nat i onal i t y,
m e m b e r s h i p i n ap a r t i c u l a rs o c i a lg r o u p , o rp o l i t i c a lo p i n i o n . 8 C. F. R. § 2 0 8
. 1 6 (b); 8 U

. S. C

. § 1231(b) ( 3) ; Efe v

. A sh cr oft , 2 93 F. 3d8 99 , 9 06 ( 5t h Ci r. 2002)

. Al t hough R odr i guez ar gues t hathe i s m em berof a p ar t i c ul ars oc i al gr oup, he has fail ed t o e st abl i sh t hathe i s a “ m em berof a g r oup of

per so ns t hat sha re ac o m m o n i m m ut ab l e c har ac t e r i s t i c t hatt he y e i t he rc anno tc hang e or sho ul d notbe r equi r ed t o c hange be c ause i t i s f und am ent alt o t hei ri ndivi dual i d en ti ti es o r con scien ces.” S ee Mw em bi e v. G on zales , 4 4 3 F

. 3 d40 5 , 41 4 -15 ( 5 th C i r. 200 6) (i n t erna lqu ot ati on m arks om i t te d). A ccor di n gl y, t h e petit i on f or
r e v i e w i s DE NI ED

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