Saqer Salman v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

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• concluding that, because petitioner’s failure to establish government acquiescence in harassment was fatal to asylum claim, the court need not address whether harassment rose to level of persecution or was based on a statutorily protected ground
• concluding that because petitioner’s failure to establish government acquiescence in harassment was fatal to asylum claim, the court need not address whether harassment rose to the level of persecution or was based on a statutorily protected ground
• considering, de novo, argument that BIA violated petitioner’s right to due process in denying motion to reopen and remand
• finding no due process violation in denying motion to reopen and remand where petitioner failed to show that a fundamental procedural error occurred
• “Importantly, our cases and those of the BIA . . . hold that ‘persecution’ requires the harm applicant fears to be ‘inflicted either by the government of a country or by persons or an organization that the government was unable or unwilling to control.’” (citation omitted)

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