Luis Munoz Elizarraraz v. Loretta E. Lynch, No. 16-1679 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Loken, Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - Immigration. The decision to deny withholding of removal and CAT relief was supported by substantial evidence and is affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-1679 ___________________________ Luis A. Munoz Elizarraraz lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III,1 Attorney General of the United States lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent ____________ Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ____________ Submitted: May 30, 2017 Filed: June 2, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. 1 Jefferson B. Sessions, III has been appointed to serve as Attorney General of the United States, and is substituted as respondent pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c). Mexican citizen Luis A. Munoz Elizarraraz petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s decision to deny his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture.2 Having jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, this court, after careful consideration, concludes that substantial evidence supports the denial of relief. The petition is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 2 Munoz Elizarraraz does not challenge the denial of asylum. -2-
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