Legal Opinion
Jose Zaldana Menijar v. Loretta Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 28, 2015No. 15-3081UnpublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Jose Adolfo Zaldana Menijar petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the Immigration Judge’s denial of his applications for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Zaldana contends that the Board and Immigration Judge erred in finding that Zal-dana: (1) failed to establish a “particular social group” within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) failed to establish a nexus between his purported group and his fears of persecution; and (3) failed to establish that the…
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