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151226P.pdf 04/28/2016 Israel Felipe Lira Saldana v. Loretta E. Lynch
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1226
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Murphy, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - Immigration. The Board of Immigration Appeals'
denial of asylum relief is affirmed on the alternative grounds that
petitioners failed to show, with respect to their claim of persecution by
a private actors, that the government of Mexico either condoned the
conduct or was unable to protect the victims; the record showed the police
acted on the complaints of home invasion and abduction and continued to
investigate the matters; further, the government of Mexico has devoted
substantial resources to controlling criminal organizations, such as the
Matazeta gang which committed crimes against petitioners' family; the
Board's conclusion that it was reasonable for petitioners to relocate
within Mexico to avoid a threat of persecution by the Matazetas was
supported by the evidence in the record; because the Board permissibly
rejected petitioners' claim for asylum, it follows they did not meet the
stricter requirements for withholding of removal; denial of CAT relief
affirmed. Judge Murphy, dissenting.