Case Name: Jose Tiodoro AMAYA, also known as Jose Teodoro Amaya, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-25
Citations: 408 F. App'x 861
Docket Number: No. 10-60304
Parties: Jose Tiodoro AMAYA, also known as Jose Teodoro Amaya, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWTCK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 408
Pages: 861–862

Head Matter:
Jose Tiodoro AMAYA, also known as Jose Teodoro Amaya, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-60304
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 25, 2011.
Gino Mario Mesa, Esq., Law Office of Gino M. Mesa, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Tangerlia Cox, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Julie Marie Iversen, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWTCK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Tiodoro Amaya, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's decision denying his application for withholding of removal. He claims that he will be persecuted by a gang, a member of which is related to a family that Amaya holds responsible for the murder of his foster-father. According to Amaya, his foster-father was murdered, and he and his family were threatened by the gang member's family, following the breakup of a marriage between Amaya's foster-sister and the gang member's brother.
We review the BIA's determination that an alien is not entitled to withholding of removal for substantial evidence and will not reverse the BIA's decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Chen v. Gonzales, 470 F.3d 1131, 1134 (5th Cir.2006). To qualify for withholding of removal, the alien "must demonstrate a 'clear probability' of persecution upon return." Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 138 (5th Cir.2004) (citation omitted). At a minimum, there must be some particularized connection between the feared persecution and the alien's race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Faddoul v. INS, 37 F.3d 185, 188 (5th Cir.1994).
The BIA determined that Amaya had not shown any such particularized connection, and Amaya does not assert such a connection in his petition for review. The BIA's conclusion that Amaya was threatened due to a personal dispute between his family and that of the gang member rather than due to any connection with a statutorily-protected ground is supported by substantial evidence. Put differently, the record does not compel a conclusion contrary to that reached by the BIA. See Chen, 470 F.3d at 1134.
The petition for review is DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 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 R. 47.5.4.