SALDARRIAGA v. GONZALES

No. 04-1182.

402 F.3d 461 (2005)

Apolinar Perafan SALDARRIAGA; Luz Velasquez Carmona; Adrianna Menesses Velasquez; Mauricio Perafan Velasquez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gary Michael Bowman, Roanoke, Virginia, for Petitioners. Kristin Ann Cabral, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Senior Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Petition denied by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge TRAXLER joined.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from a final order of removal, we must determine whether the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") erred in rejecting petitioner's claim for political asylum. Petitioner claims to fear reprisal by Colombian drug criminals for his association with the Drug Enforcement Agency ("DEA") and his employment...

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