Molina-Cabrera v. Sessions, No. 17-2227 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's dismissal of petitioner's appeal of the IJ's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The court applied the deferential evidence standard and held that the harm petitioner suffered at the hands of a local politician was not severe enough to constitute past persecution. Furthermore, petitioner failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution where he could relocate to another part of Ecuador.
Court Description: Loken, Author, with Gruender and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - immigration. Because the harm suffered was not severe enough to constitute past persecution and the threats of future harm were nonspecific, and fear of future persecution may be avoided by relocating to another part Equador, the evidence was insufficient to establish grounds for asylum or withholding of removal. Petition for review is denied.
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