Paulin Navard v. U.S. Attorney General , 315 F. App'x 793 ( 2009 )

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-13001 FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN
CLERK
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Agency No. A97-949-947
PAULIN NAVARD,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
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Petition for Review of a Decision of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
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(February 23, 2009)
Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Paulin Navard, a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for review of the
denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal under the
Immigration and Nationality Act and the Convention Against Torture and Other
Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 8 U.S.C. §§
1158, 1231; 8 C.F.R. § 208.16. The Board found that Navard failed to establish
that he suffered past persecution on account of a protected ground. We deny the
petition.
Substantial evidence supports the finding by the Board and the immigration
judge that Navard failed to establish that his persecution was on account of a
protected ground. See Sanchez v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 392 F.3d 434, 438 (11th Cir.
2004). Navard argues that the immigration judge failed to consider his testimony
about his persecution, but the immigration judge referred to Navard’s testimony
repeatedly in her decision to deny Navard’s application. Navard testified that he
and his family were victims of crimes by a man named Paulson, but Navard failed
to explain how those crimes were related to a protected ground. The Board did not
err when it dismissed Navard’s petition.
We DENY Navard’s petition for review.
PETITION DENIED.
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