Case Name: Juan VELASQUEZ-LOPEZ, 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: 2011-05-24
Citations: 417 F. App'x 610
Docket Number: No. 10-3822
Parties: Juan VELASQUEZ-LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 417
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
Juan VELASQUEZ-LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
No. 10-3822.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: May 19, 2011.
Filed: May 24, 2011.
Bart A. Chavez, Omaha, NE, for Petitioner.
Jesse Matthew Bless, Karen Yolanda Drummond, Richard M. Evans, Christina Bechak Parascandola, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Guatemalan citizen Juan Velasquez-Lopez petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that affirmed an immigration judge's (IJ's) denial of withholding of removal. We conclude for the reasons explained by the IJ and the BIA that Velasquez-Lopez failed to show it was more likely than not that he would be persecuted on account of a protected ground if returned to Guatemala. See Malonga v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 546, 551-52 (8th Cir.2008); Davila-Mejia v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 624, 628-29 (8th Cir. 2008). Accordingly, we deny the petition.