# United States Court **of Appeals**  **f or the Fifth Circuit** 

No. 21

- 60037 Summary Calendar

**Lilian Teresa Hernandez**

**- Ramos; Edwin Joel Garcia** 

**** **Hernandez; Michael Josue Dubon**

**- Hernandez,** 

Petitioners **,**

versus **Merrick Garland,** U.S. Attorney General **,** Respondent

**.**

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Agency No. A208 280 378 Agency No. A208 280 379 Agency No. A208 280 380

Before **King, Costa,**  and **Ho,** Circuit Judge

**. Per Curiam**  **:** *
Lilian Teresa Hernandez

- Ramos, Edwin Joel Garcia

- Hernandez, and Michael Josue Dubon

- Hernandez, natives and citizens of Honduras, petition

* Pursuant to **5th Cir cuit**  **R ule**  47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in **5th Cir cuit**  **R ule**  47.5.4. United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit 

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2 for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA) decision dismissing their appeal from an order of the Immigrati on Judge (IJ) denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The petitioners sought relief based on membership in a particular social group (PSG) comprised of family members of Elv in Adonai Avila Estrada, a cousin who was in the military and murdered while delivering ballots for an election. 1
Herna n dez

- Ramos testified that she did not know who shot her during an armed robbery or who was responsible for murdering Elvin. Thus, her assertion that she was targeted due to her family relationship to Elvin is based on nothing more than speculation. As such, she fails to show that substantial evidence compels a conclusion contrary to that of the BIA on the issue of whether she demonstrated past persecution on account of her family

- based PSG. See Zhang v. Gonzales , 432 F.3d 339, 344 (5th Cir. 2005) ; Ramirez

Mejia v. Lynch , 794 F.3d 485, 492

- 93 (5th Cir. 2015) ; Thuri v. Ashcroft , 380 F.3d 788, 792

- 93 (5th Cir. 2004)

. Additionally, Hernandez

- Ramos was never threatened or harmed during the two and half years she lived in Honduras following the armed robbery incident. Moreover, her parents, grandfather, three siblings, aunts, and uncles, including the parents of Elvin, currently live in Honduras without issue. Thus, Hernandez

- Ra mos has failed to show that substantial evidence compels a conclusion contrary to that of the BIA on the issue of whe ther she demonstrated a well

- founded fear of future persecution. S

ee Zhang , 432 F.3d at 344 ; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(2)(ii)

. T he BIA therefore correctly denied her reques ts for asylum and withholding of removal. See Zhang , 432 F.3d at 344 ; Efe v. Ashcroft , 293 F.3d 899, 906 (5th Cir. 2002).

1 Edwin and Michael are Hernandez

- Ramos’s sons and are included as derivative beneficiaries in her asylum application

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3 Lastly, Hernandez

- Ramos abandons her CAT claim by failing to raise the claim on appeal. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft , 324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir. 2003). Accordingly, the petition for review is **DENIED**

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