# U n i t e d S t a t e s C o u r t o f A pp e a l s For the Eig hth Circu it

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Al b ert o Garci a M al d o nad o

l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ll l l l l l Pet i t i o n er

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W i l l iam P. Barr, At t o rn ey Gen eral o f Un it ed St at es

l l l ll l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ll Res

po n den t

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Pet i t i o n fo r Rev i ew o f an Ord er o f t h e Bo ard o f Im m ig rat i on Ap peal s

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Su b m i t t ed : J u l y 2 1 , 2 02 0 Fi l ed : J ul y 2 4 , 2 0 2 0 [Un pu b l is h ed ]

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Befo re LOKEN, BENTON, an d SHEPHERD, Ci rcu i t J u d g es

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PER CURIAM

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Al b ert o Garci a M al d o n ad o pet i t i o n s fo r rev iew o f an o rd er o f t he Bo ard o f

Im m ig rat i o n A p peal s (BIA) d i s m i s s i n g h i s ap p eal fro m t he deci s i o n o f an
i m m i g rat i o n ju d g e d en y i n g h i s ap p l i cat i on fo r wi t h h o l d i n g o f rem o v al an d d en y i n g
rel i ef u n d er t h e Co n v en t i o n A g ai n s t To rt ure (CAT). Becau s e Garci a M a ldona do d o es

n o t ch al l en g e t h e u n t im el i n es s o f h i s as y lu m ap pl i cat io n , t he ag en cy ’ s d et erm i n at i o nt h at h e fai l ed t o d em o ns t rat e p as t p e r s e cu ti o n , o r th e d en i al o f v ol u n t ary d ep art u re,

h e h as wai v ed t h o se is s ues

. See Ch ay -Vel as q u ez v

. A s h cro ft

, 3 67 F.3 d 7 5 1

, 7 5 6 (8 th

Ci r. 2 0 04 ).

Up o n rev i ew, we co n cl u d e t h at s u b s t an t i al ev id en ce s u p p o rt s t h e BIA’ s d en i al

o f wi th h o l d i n g o f rem o v al

. See Wi jo n o v

. Go n zal es , 43 9 F.3 d 8 6 8

, 8 7 2 (8 t h Ci r.
2 0 0 6 ) (s t an d ard o f rev i ew) ; s e e a l s o 8 U .S.C. § 1 2 3 1 (b )(3 )(A) (wi t h h o l d i n g o f

rem o v al req u i rem en t s ). Garci a M al d o n ad o wai v ed an y rev i ew o f h i s p r o p o s ed

p art i cu l ar s o ci al g ro u p s , o t h er th an h i s fam il y g ro u p , b y no t rai s i n g t h em o n ap p eal

. See Ch ay -Vel as qu ez, 3 6 7 F.3 d at 7 5 6

. Ev en as s u m i n g th e Garci a M al do n ad o fam i l y

co n st i t u t es a p art i cu l ar so ci al g ro u p , G arci a M al d o nad o fai l ed t o es t ab l i s h a n ex u s
b et ween t h e h arm h e feared an d h i s m em b ers hi p in t h at g ro u p , i n cl u d i n g b ecau s e h i s

as s ert ed fear was bas ed o n h i s p aren t s ’ p e r s o n a l d i s p u t e wi t h n ei g h b o rs , h i s fam i l y

m em b ers rem ai n ed u n harm ed i n M ex i co , an d h i s fears o f gen eral i zed v io l en ce were
i n s u ffi ci en t t o en t i t l e h im t o rel i ef. See Ri v as v

. Ses s i o ns , 8 9 9 F.3 d 5 3 7

, 5 4 2 (8 t h Ci r.
2 0 1 8 ); Cam

b ara-Cam b ara v

. L y n ch

, 8 3 7 F.3 d 8 22

, 82 6 (8 t h Ci r. 2 0 1 6 ); Al Yat i m v.
M u k as ey , 5 3 1 F.3 d 5 8 4

, 5 8 8 -8 9 (8 t h Ci r. 2 0 0 8 ); Set i ad i v

. Go n zal es , 4 3 7 F.3 d 7 1 0,

7 1 4 (8 th Ci r. 2 00 6 ). A s t h i s i s s u e i s d i s p o s i t i v e o f Garci a M al do n ad o ’ s wi t h h o l d i n g

o f-rem o v al cl ai m , we d ecl i ne t o ad d res s wh e t h e r t h e g o vern m en t w as u nwi l l i n g o r

u n ab le t o co n t ro l h is al l eg ed p ers ecu t o rs

. See D e l a Ro s a v

. Barr, 9 4 3 F.3 d 1 1 7 1,

1 1 7 4 (8 t h Ci r. 20 1 9 ). Fi n al l y , w e c o n c l u d e th e ag en cy p ro p erl y den i ed Garci a
M al do n ad o ’ s cl ai m fo r rel i e f u n d er t h e CAT b ecau s e i t was b as ed o n t h e s am e

u n d erl y i n g fact s as hi s wi t h h o ld i n g -o f-rem ov al cl ai m

. See W i jo n o , 4 3 9 F.3 d at 8 7 4.

Acco rd i ng l y , we d en y t h e p et i t i o n fo r rev i ew. See 8 t h Ci r. R. 4 7 B.

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