PALMA-MAZARIEGOS v. KEISLER

No. 05-2248.

504 F.3d 144 (2007)

Efráin PALMA-MAZARIEGOS, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Lagana and Lagana & Associates, on brief, for petitioner.

Siu P. Wong, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, on brief, for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Efrain Palma-Mazariegos, a Guatemalan national, entered the United States without permission in December 1991, and filed for asylum shortly after. "Nothing happened" until the INS initiated removal proceedings some eight years later. Palma-Mazariegos v. Gonzales, 428 F.3d 30, 32 (1st Cir.2005). On October 6, 2003, an immigration judge rejected Palma's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under...

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