Eighth Circuit· 6/27/2016

Paul Ngugi v. Loretta E. Lynch

Citations

826 F.3d 1132
2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 11692
2016 WL 3513994

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holding that -4- “merely having seen or experienced crime” does not satisfy the particularity or social distinction prongs
concluding that the petitioner offered no evidence “that Kenyan society recognizes the unique vulnerability of people who testify against gang members in criminal proceedings” (internal quotation marks omitted)
finding that remand was unnecessary, in part, when intervening case law merely clarified prior authority
rejecting a proposed social group of \witnesses to the criminal activities\ of a group in part because there was no evidence that the petitioner \ever served as a witness against the [group] in any public proceedings\
rejecting a proposed PSG of “witnesses to the criminal activities” of a group in part because there was no evidence that the petitioner “ever served as a witness against the [group] in any public proceedings”
witnesses to criminal activities of the Mungiki sect in Kenya did not constitute \particular social group\

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Judges: Murphy, Beam, Gruender

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