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Ninth Circuit· 1/24/2020

Carlos Conde Quevedo v. William Barr

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  • 947 F.3d 1238

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  • concluding that the petitioner failed to establish that Guatemalans who report the criminal activity of gangs to the police constitute a cognizable particular social group
  • deciding that the petitioner’s evidence failed to establish that individuals who report gang violence are a distinct social group
  • concluding that a proposed social group of witnesses who reported crimes to police lacked social distinction
  • holding that a PSG “is not cognizable” when it lacks “society-specific evidence of social distinction”
  • concluding that petitioner’s PSG of “persons who report the criminal activity of gangs to the police” was not cognizable
  • holding that the BIA’s determination as to social distinction is reviewed for substantial evidence

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