Lesum v. Barr, No. 18-1352 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CasePetitioner sought review of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The Eighth Circuit denied the petition, holding that there was no legal error in the IJ's determination that petitioner's application for asylum was untimely. The court also held that the criminal acts against petitioner by his cousin did not constitute persecution for purposes of withholding removal, and the specific acts petitioner put forward as evidence of persecution generally do not rise to the level of persecution. Finally, petitioner abandoned his claims regarding the denial of CAT relief.
Court Description: Shepherd, Author, with Wollman and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - Immigration. The IJ did not err in determining petitioner's asylum application was untimely and that it was not reasonable for petitioner to file the application more than six months late - see 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158(a)(2)(D) which creates an exception for late filings made within a "reasonable period of time following expiration of lawful status;" petitioner abandoned most of his arguments that the discrimination he suffered in Bangladesh constituted persecution for purposes of withholding removal by failing to raise the issues before the BIA; with respect to the one incident he did raise, the record fails to show that the alleged acts rose to the level of persecution; further, petitioner did not contest to the BIA the IJ's denial of CAT relief, and that issue is also abandoned.
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