Amador Martinez Carrasco v. Loretta E. Lynch

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 16-2133
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Amador Martinez Carrasco
lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner
v.
Jeff B. Sessions, Attorney General of the United States1
lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
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Submitted: February 6, 2017
Filed: February 16, 2017
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Mexican citizen Amador Martinez Carrasco petitions for review of an order of
the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upholding an immigration judge’s (IJ’s)
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Jeff B. Sessions is automatically substituted pursuant to Federal Rule of
Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2).
denial of withholding of removal. Where, as here, the BIA adopts and affirms the IJ’s
decision, but adds its own reasoning, this court reviews both the BIA’s and IJ’s
decisions together. See Garcia-Milian v. Lynch, 825 F.3d 943, 945 (8th Cir. 2016)
(decisions are reviewed to determine if they are supported by substantial evidence,
and are reversed only if petitioner shows that evidence was so compelling that no
reasonable factfinder could fail to find in his favor). We conclude that substantial
evidence supports the determination that Martinez Carrasco does not qualify for
withholding of removal based on his membership in the particular social group he
identified. See Gonzalez Cano v. Lynch, 809 F.3d 1056, 1058 (8th Cir. 2016) (to
establish entitlement to withholding of removal, applicant must demonstrate clear
probability that his life or freedom would be threatened due to, among other things,
membership in particular social group: he must show it is more likely than not he will
suffer persecution if returned to his home country). The petition for review is denied.
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