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CORDOBA v. BARR

No. 17-71655.

962 F.3d 479 (2020)

Edgar Rene CORDOBA, Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Hill , Hill & Piibe Immigration Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioner.

Imran R. Zaidi , Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge.

OPINION

This case calls upon us to decide whether "wealthy landowners" in Colombia constitute a particular social group for purposes of asylum and withholding of removal. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that they do not.

I.

A.

Edgar Rene Cordoba is a native and citizen of...

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