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85 F. App'x 569

Suarez v. Ashcroft

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 18, 2003

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2003-12-18

Cited by 1 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2004

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias

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Decided 2003-12-18

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¶1MEMORANDUM *

¶2Jose Enrique Melgarejo Suarez petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ’s”) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition.

¶3The IJ’s decision is supported by substantial evidence in the record. The evidence does not compel a finding that Petitioner has an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. Nor does the evidence compel a finding that a political opinion was imputed to him. Petitioner has not pointed to evidence in the record which compelled the IJ to reach a contrary result.1

¶4PETITION DENIED.

¶5 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

¶6. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (setting forth the standard for obtaining relief from an immigration decision).

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