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Case: 21-60525         Document: 00516700751              Page: 1       Date Filed: 04/04/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                              Fifth Circuit

                                                                                            FILED
                                       No. 21-60525                                      April 4, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar                                  Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                            Clerk

   Jardiel Johel Raudales Chavez,

                                                                                       Petitioner,

                                              versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                                     Respondent.

                          Petition for Review of an Order of the
                              Board of Immigration Appeals
                                Agency No. A200 723 859

   Before Richman, Chief Judge, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Jardiel Johel Raudales Chavez, a native and citizen of Honduras,
   petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA) decision
   affirming, without opinion, the immigration judge’s (IJ) order denying him
   withholding of removal. Raudales Chavez’s withholding of removal claim is
   based upon his fear of a gang that forcibly recruited him when he was a

         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 21-60525       Document: 00516700751         Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/04/2023

                                    No. 21-60525

   teenager; he seeks relief based upon his membership in the particular social
   group (PSG) “Honduran men who fear violence and delinquency in their
   home country.”
            Because the BIA affirmed without an opinion, the IJ’s decision
   became the final agency decision for our review. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324
   F.3d 830, 831-32 (5th Cir. 2003). We review the IJ’s factual findings for
   substantial evidence. See Zhang v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 339, 344 (5th Cir.
   2005).
            The IJ correctly determined that Raudales Chavez’s proposed PSG is
   not valid because it lacks the requisite particularity. See Orellana-Monson v.
   Holder, 685 F.3d 511, 521-22 (5th Cir. 2012). Because he fails to establish a
   cognizable PSG, he cannot satisfy the requirements for withholding of
   removal. See Zhang, 432 F.3d at 344.
            The petition for review is DENIED.

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