Qorane v. Barr

The Fifth 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 (CAT). The court held that substantial evidence supported the BIA's determination that petitioner did not suffer past persecution because his previous mistreatment from an Ayr customer did not rise to the level of persecution; petitioner failed to prove a well-founded fear of future persecution because he could not establish that others would persecute him or that there was a pattern or practice of targeting people like him; petitioner was not entitled to CAT relief because he failed to prove it was more likely than not government actors would torture him in Somalia; the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceedings; and the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioner's motion to reconsider. View "Qorane v. Barr" on Justia Law