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202417P.pdf 08/04/2021 Gemma Rosales-Reyes v. Merrick B. Garland
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-2417
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - Immigration. The agency did not err in finding that
petitioner's proposed social group - Mexican mothers who refuse to work
for the Cartel - was not sufficiently particularized or social distinct;
violence against a family member cannot establish persecution sufficient
for asylum because a pattern of persecution tied to the petitioner is
required; denial of asylum is affirmed, and it follows that denial of
withholding of removal is also affirmed; with respect to CAT relief,
petitioner could safely relocate by joining her parents in a Mexican state
free from the Cartel's control and, therefore, she was not entitled to CAT
relief.