United States First Circuit

Petition for review of decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is denied where: 1) petitioner failed to prove a sufficient nexus between his persecution and one of the statutory grounds for asylum; 2) no evidence suggested that petitioner was an intended target of the 1995 shooting on account of his father's political affiliations; 3) the evidence supported the BIA conclusion that the militants were motivated primarily by economic factors; 4) because petitioner failed to establish his eligibility for asylum, his claims for withholding of removal and protection under the CAT necessarily failed to meet the higher threshold.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2008
• Published 09/25/2008

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• United States First Circuit

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