Case: 19-12325 Date Filed: 04/28/2020 Page: 1 of 15 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 19-12325 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ Agency No. A216-277-802 NARENDRA REULE, Petitioner, versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. ________________________ Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ________________________ (April 28, 2020) Case: 19-12325 Date Filed: 04/28/2020 Page: 2 of 15 Before WILSON, LUCK, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Narendra Reule petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s decision dismissing his appeal of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We deny Reule’s petition. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Reule, a native and citizen of Nepal, illegally entered the United States on February 24, 2018. On April 19, 2018, the government charged Reule with being removeable for entering without admission at a port of entry. Reule conceded that he was removeable but said he’d file for asylum. In November 2018, Reule filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, indicating that he feared he would be persecuted and tortured in Nepal based on his political opinion. Specifically, Reule alleged that he was “a member of the Nepali Congress Party,” he “opposed the Maoist Party,” and “[m]embers of the Maoist Party beat [him] and [his] family.” Reule stated that he “fear[ed] further harm by members of the Maoist Party” if he were to return to Nepal. Reule filed several documents in support of his application, including news articles involving the Nepali Congress Party and a Department of State country report about Nepal. 2 Case: 19-12325 Date Filed: 04/28/2020 Page: 3 of 15 On January 11, 2019, an immigration judge held a hearing on Reule’s application. Reule testified that he left Nepal because he was “threatened and beaten by the Maoist[s]” for being a member of the Nepali Congress Party. Reule first joined the Nepali Congress Party in April 2017. Reule’s father and brother were also involved in the party. The first time Reule had any problem with Maoists was in June 2017, when they came to his home and threatened his family. Reule was gone at the time, campaigning for the Nepali Congress Party in a local election. The Maoists told Reule’s family that Reule needed to leave the Nepali Congress Party and join the Maoist Party. The Maoists also told Reule’s father to leave the Nepali Congress Party but did not hurt him. A few days later, Reule and three others were hanging a banner for the Nepali Congress Party near a village. A bus arrived with eight to ten Maoists who started punching Reule and beating him with a stick. The Maoists told Reule not to support or campaign for the Nepali Congress Party. The attack lasted almost one hour. Reule eventually managed to run away from his attackers and went home. As a result of the attack, Reule suffered a bump on his ...
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