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BENITEZ RAMOS v. HOLDER

No. 09-1932.

589 F.3d 426 (2009)

Nelson BENITEZ RAMOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Petty, Rogers, AR, Claudia Valenzuela Attorney (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Brendan P. Hogan, Attorney (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Board of Immigration Appeals denied Nelson Alejandro Benitez Ramos's application for withholding of removal, a remedy that is similar to asylum (the deadline for applying for which Ramos had missed) but that requires the applicant to establish a higher probability of persecution should he be returned to his native country. The ground of the denial was that Ramos is not a member of "a particular social group." Persecution on the basis of...

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