SAMAYOA CABRERA v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1180.

367 F.3d 10 (2004)

Juan Alicio SAMAYOA CABRERA and Blanca Margarita Velasquez, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Kaplan, with whom Ilana Greenstein, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jeremiah Friedman and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP were on brief, for petitioners.

Isaac R. Campbell, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Papu Sandhu, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief, for respondent.

Before SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and SINGAL, District Judge.


SINGAL, District Judge.

Juan Alicio Samayoa Cabrera and Blanca Margarita Velasquez, citizens of Guatemala,1 applied for asylum, relief under the Convention Against Torture, and withholding of removal. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied the applications, and the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirmed without opinion. Mr. Samayoa and Ms. Velasquez petition for judicial review, claiming that the IJ erred in concluding that they are...

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