Ashley (Tyler) Vs. State

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in concluding that speculative evidence did not establish the “more likely than not” standard for CAT protection
• holding that “speculative conclusions” and “vague assertions” contained in petitioner’s declaration were insufficient to establish prima facie case for asylum and withholding of removal
• recognizing that “a prima facie case . . . cannot be established from speculative conclusions or vague assertions”
• concluding that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in concluding that speculative evidence did not satisfy the “more likely than not” standard for CAT protection
• holding that “an applicant who is unable to show a ‘reasonable possibility’ of future persecution ‘necessarily fails to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal’”
• noting that a petitioner who fails to establish a “‘reasonable possibility’ of future persecution” necessarily fails “‘to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal.’”

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