Case: 21-60570 Document: 00516251844 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/24/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 24, 2022 No. 21-60570 Lyle W. Cayce Summary Calendar Clerk Balraj Lnu, Petitioner, versus Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent. Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A201 756 215 Before King, Costa, and Ho, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* Balraj Lnu is a native and citizen of India. He seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) opinion denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The petition for review is denied. * Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 21-60570 Document: 00516251844 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/24/2022 No. 21-60570 An asylum application can be denied due to the applicant’s failure to provide reasonably available corroborating information. Yang v. Holder, 664 F.3d 580, 584-85, 587 (5th Cir. 2011). Under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4), courts are prohibited from reversing the trier of fact’s determination regarding the availability of corroborating evidence unless the court finds that a reasonable trier of fact would be compelled to conclude that corroborating evidence is unavailable. See Yang, 664 F.3d at 587. The record does not compel the conclusion that corroborating evidence was not available to Lnu. To qualify for protection under the CAT, an applicant must prove that he would, more likely than not, be tortured if returned to the proposed country of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2). Given the lack of evidence provided to corroborate his allegations, Lnu “has not shown the evidence is so compelling that no reasonable fact finder could fail to find [him] eligible for CAT relief.” Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 140 (5th Cir. 2004). The petition for review is DENIED. 2 21-60570 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ca5 5th Cir. Lnu v. Garland 24 March 2022 Immigration Unpublished 19c7e6735543eefc552b39a481ff1e6ea46fa22e
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