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AMILCAR-ORELLANA v. MUKASEY

No. 08-1563.

551 F.3d 86 (2008)

Jose AMILCAR-ORELLANA; Rebecca Alas-Izquierdo, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ilana Etkin Greenstein, Jeremiah Friedman, Maureen O'Sullivan, Harvey Kaplan, Jeanette Kain, Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, L. Manuel Macias, and Office of L. Manuel Macias on brief for petitioners.

Corey L. Farrell, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Anthony W. Norwood, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Jose Amilcar-Orellana and Rebecca Alas-Izquierdo, both natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Amilcar-Orellana seeks relief based upon his fear of retribution from members of a notorious gang in El Salvador because he cooperated with law enforcement...

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