Vladimir Oliva v. Loretta Lynch

Petition for review granted; order reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge DIAZ and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.

WYNN, Circuit Judge:

Vladimir Ernesto Ortega Oliva, a native and citizen of El Salvador, sought asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denied his petition, affirming the immigration judge’s (“U’s”) determination that Oliva did not demonstrate a nexus between the persecution he faced and either of his proposed particular social…