Njong v. Whitaker, No. 17-3460 (8th Cir. 2018)
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The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's denial of petitioner's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Petitioner, a native and citizen of Cameroon, claimed that he was persecuted on account of his political opinion based on his membership in the Southern Cameroon National Council.
The court held that there was no basis for granting the petition for review where the undisputed harm petitioner claimed to have suffered did not rise to the level of persecution; petitioner lacked a well-founded fear of future persecution; and petitioner could not meet the more rigorous burdens for CAT relief.
Court Description: Kelly, Author, with Shepherd and Stras, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - Immigration. The agency did not err in determining petitioner had not suffered past persecution as the harm he claimed to have suffered in Cameroon did not rise to the level of persecution; nor did the agency err in finding petitioner lacked a well-founded fear of future persecution based on his political affiliation; as petitioner failed to meet his burden of proof for asylum, he necessarily cannot meet the more rigorous burdens for withholding of removal and CAT relief.
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