Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-10-28 16:01:06.047642+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 14-1568
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                        William Jacinto Pineda-Villalobos

                             lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner

                                           v.

             Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States

                            lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent
                                    ____________

                      Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals
                                  ____________

                           Submitted: October 24, 2014
                             Filed: October 28, 2014
                                  [Unpublished]
                                 ____________

Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
                          ____________

PER CURIAM.

      El Salvadoran citizen William Jacinto Pineda-Villalobos (Pineda) petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upholding an
immigration judge’s (IJ’s) denial of withholding of removal. We agree with the IJ
and the BIA that Pineda failed to establish that he qualified for withholding of
removal. See De Castro-Gutierrez v. Holder, 713 F.3d 375, 379 (8th Cir. 2013)
(reviewing de novo questions of law; where BIA essentially adopts IJ’s decision, but
also adds its own reasoning, this court reviews both decisions together under
substantial-evidence standard); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A); Alavez-Hernandez
v. Holder, 714 F.3d 1063, 1066 (8th Cir. 2013) (qualifications for withholding of
removal). The petition for review is denied.
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