Case Name: Jose Najarro ZUNIGA; Roni Najarro-Ramirez, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-02-11
Citations: 556 F. App'x 546
Docket Number: No. 13-1631
Parties: Jose Najarro ZUNIGA; Roni Najarro-Ramirez, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 556
Pages: 546–546

Head Matter:
Jose Najarro ZUNIGA; Roni Najarro-Ramirez, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
No. 13-1631.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 5, 2014.
Filed: Feb. 11, 2014.
Ta-Yu Yang, Des Moines, IA, for Petitioner.
Karen Yolanda Drummond, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, Brooke Maurer, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Guatemalan citizens Jose Najarro Zuni-ga and Rony Najarro-Ramirez petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which upheld an immigration judge's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). After careful review, we conclude that the denial of relief was supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole. See Khrystotodorov v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 775, 781-82 (8th Cir.2008) (substantial-evidence standard for reviewing denials of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief); Melecio-Saquil v. Ashcroft, 337 F.3d 983, 987 (8th Cir.2003) (dramatic, post-1996 changes in Guatemala prevented dated events from translating into objectively reasonable fear of persecution). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. We note that the BIA expressly stated that it was not basing its decision on 8 U.S.C. § I158(b)(2)(A)(i) (alien who ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in persecution of others is barred from obtaining asylum). We therefore do not consider the applicability of that provision. Cf. Uanreroro v. Gonzales, 443 F.3d 1197, 1204 (10th Cir.2006) (appeals court will not affirm on ground raised in immigration judge's decision unless relied on by BIA in its affirmance).