Arsenia Xirum-Tomas v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, No. 16-4446 (8th Cir. 2017)

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Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - Immigration. Petition for review denied as petitioner offers no basis for challenging the determination that she established no nexus between the harm she claimed she suffered and any protected ground.

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-4446 ___________________________ Arsenia Marisol Xirum-Tomas lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General of the United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent ____________ Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ____________ Submitted: August 4, 2017 Filed: August 9, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Guatemalan citizen Arsenia Marisol Xirum-Tomas petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision upholding an immigration judge’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal. Xirum-Tomas offers no basis for challenging the determination that she established no nexus between the harm she claimed to have suffered and any protected ground. See Gomez-Garcia v. Sessions, 861 F.3d 730, 733 (8th Cir. 2017) (standard for asylum); Malonga v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 546, 551 (8th Cir. 2008) (standard for withholding of removal). The petition for review is denied. ______________________________ -2-

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