· 3/11/2013
Alejandro Gutierrez-Vidal v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Citations
- 709 F.3d 728
- 2013 WL 869652
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4803
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- noting that because petitioner did not demonstrate harm amounting to persecution, asylum claim failed regardless of relocation issue
- standard of review and asylum requirements; noting that without government imprimatur, asylum claims based on the conduct of private parties fail; specifically finding no well-founded fear of persecution
- to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, asylum applicant must show that the government condoned assaults, or was unable or unwilling to control the private actors who committed them
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Judges: Riley, Beam, Bye
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