Noha Ibrahim Mabrouk Ramadan v. U.S. Attorney General

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JUNE 10, 2011
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 10-14510
Non-Argument Calendar
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Agency No. A088-187-001
NOHA IBRAHIM MABROUK RAMADAN,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
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Petition for Review of a Decision of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
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(June 10, 2011)
Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Noha Ramadan, a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions this Court for
review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the

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immigration judge’s denial of her application for withholding of removal.
Ramadan alleged that she suffered past persecution and had a well-founded fear of
future persecution on account of a statutorily protected ground, namely her
particular social group of being a female in the Middle East. The BIA denied
Ramadan’s withholding claim in part because this purported social group was “too
broad to be legally cognizable” under the Immigration and Nationality Act
(“INA”).
We express no view on that finding by the BIA because Ramadan fails to
challenge it in her brief to this Court, and she has therefore abandoned any such
argument. See Sepulveda v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 401 F.3d 1226, 1228 n.2 (11th Cir.
2005). As a result, Ramadan cannot show that any past persecution she suffered1
or well-founded fear of persecution she may have was on account of a statutorily
protected ground, as required to obtain withholding of removal. See Delgado v.
U.S. Att’y Gen., 487 F.3d 855, 860–61 (11th Cir. 2007); INA § 241(b)(3), 8
U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3). Accordingly, we deny her petition.
PETITION DENIED.
Ramadan has also abandoned on appeal any claim of asylum or relief under the1
Convention Against Torture.
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