Byron Garcia-Avalos v. Loretta E. Lynch, No. 16-2834 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Bowman and Riley, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - Immigration. Substantial evidence supports the denial of asylum and withholding of removal and the petition for review is denied.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-2834 ___________________________ Byron Amilcar Garcia-Avalos 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for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ____________ Submitted: June 5, 2017 Filed: June 8, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.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). Byron Amilcar Garcia-Avalos, a citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the decision of an immigration judge denying him asylum and withholding of removal. After careful review, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the decision of the immigration judge. See Matul-Hernandez v. Holder, 685 F.3d 707, 712-13 (8th Cir. 2012). The petition is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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