LOPEZ-CASTRO v. HOLDER

No. 08-1895.

577 F.3d 49 (2009)

Pablo LÓPEZ-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Olen on brief for petitioner.

Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Anthony W. Norwood, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Richard Zanfardino, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before LIPEZ, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Pablo López-Castro, is a Guatemalan national, born in 1975, who seeks judicial review of a final order of removal entered by th Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The petitioner concedes removability, but challenges the BIA's denial of his cross-application for withholding of removal. After careful consideration, we conclude that the petition lacks merit.

The facts are straightforward. In May of 1995, the petitioner...

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