Bulmaro Vasquez-Perez v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: James B. Loken, Pasco M. Bowman and Jane Kelly (UNPUBLISHED); Denying [4174979-2] petition for review filed by Petitioner Mr. Bulmaro Amadeo Vasquez-Perez. [4253933] [14-2655]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-2655
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Bulmaro Amadeo Vasquez-Perez
lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner
v.
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States
lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
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Submitted: March 10, 2015
Filed: March 13, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Guatemalan citizen Bulmaro Amadeo Vasquez-Perez petitions for review of
an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s
decision to deny asylum and withholding of removal based on past persecution or a
well-founded fear of future persecution because of his membership in a particular

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social group. We have carefully considered the issues that are properly before us,1
see De Castro-Gutierrez v. Holder, 713 F.3d 375, 379 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of
review), and we conclude, based on well-established precedent, that Vasquez-Perez
failed to show that the social group in which he claims membership is a particular
social group for purposes of asylum protection. See Ortiz-Puentes v. Holder, 662
F.3d 481, 483 (8th Cir. 2011). We deny the petition for review. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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We do not review those rulings below that Vasquez-Perez does not
meaningfully challenge in his brief, nor do we review his new and unexhausted
contentions about particular social groups.
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