VELASCO-CERVANTES v. HOLDER

No. 08-73295.

593 F.3d 975 (2010)

Veronica VELASCO-CERVANTES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosaura Rodriguez, Rios Cantor, P.S., Seattle, WA, for petitioner.

Jessica E. Sherman and Jeffrey R. Meyer, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before: ROBERT R. BEEZER, RONALD M. GOULD and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Veronica Velasco-Cervantes ("Velasco"), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of her appeal of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") decision denying her petitions for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Velasco asserts that she is entitled to relief because she was forced to serve as a material witness on behalf of the United States against...

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