Matt Raeburn v. James Gibson

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-3661
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Julia Judith Ramos-Gomez; Auner Neymar Ramos-Gomez; Yeison Alexander Bama-Ramos
lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioners
v.
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General of the United States
lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
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Submitted: July 21, 2021
Filed: August 2, 2021
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Guatemalan native and citizen Julia Judith Ramos-Gomez (Ramos-Gomez)
sought asylum, individually and on behalf of her minor sons, Auner Neymar
Ramos-Gomez and Yeison Alexander Bama-Ramos, based on her membership in a
proposed particular social group defined as “single Guatemalan mothers of young

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children.”1 An immigration judge denied her asylum application, and the Board of
Immigration Appeals summarily affirmed the result, without an opinion. Ramos-
Gomez petitions for review.
Having reviewed the record, we conclude substantial evidence supports the
determination that Ramos-Gomez failed to demonstrate an objectively reasonable fear
of particularized persecution on account of a protected ground. See Lemus-Arita v.
Sessions, 854 F.3d 476, 482-83 (8th Cir. 2017) (standard of review). A reasonable
fact finder could conclude, as the immigration judge did, that the harm Ramos-Gomez
feared resulted from generalized violence, and that her fear was not objectively
reasonable because she remained unharmed in Guatemala as a single mother with
young children for over two years before leaving. See id. at 482; Al Yatim v.
Mukasey, 531 F.3d 584, 588-89 (8th Cir. 2008).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.
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1Ramos-Gomez’s sons were derivative applicants on her asylum application.
See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(3)(A). Ramos-Gomez concedes she does not seek
withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture.
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