Galindo Casas-Aguirre v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 13 2023
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GALINDO CASAS-AGUIRRE, AKA No. 20-71129
Galdino Casas-Aguirre,
Agency No. A095-741-381
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 11, 2023**
Pasadena, California
Before: WATFORD, FRIEDLAND, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Galindo Casas-Aguirre, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review
of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the decision of an
immigration judge denying his application for withholding of removal. We deny
the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Casas-Aguirre
has not established a clear probability of future persecution. Casas-Aguirre’s aunt
previously informed the Mexican police that the Zetas had kidnapped Casas-
Aguirre’s cousin, which resulted in a confrontation between the police and the
Zetas. The Zetas then issued a threat to the same cousin, telling him that he should
not return to Jerez, where Casas-Aguirre’s family is from. Casas-Aguirre fears that
because of his family affiliation he will be targeted by the Zetas for retaliation if he
returns to Mexico. But his similarly situated family members who live in and visit
Jerez have not been harmed by the Zetas. The record therefore does not compel
the conclusion that Casas-Aguirre faces a clear probability of future persecution.
See Tamang v. Holder, 598 F.3d 1083, 1094 (9th Cir. 2014). Likewise, the
evidence submitted by Casas-Aguirre of generalized violence in Mexico does not
show that he would be singled out for persecution if he returns. See Don v.
Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 744 (9th Cir. 2007).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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