LOPEZ PEREZ v. HOLDER

No. 09-1022.

587 F.3d 456 (2009)

Santos LOPEZ PEREZ et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lidia M. Sanchez on brief for petitioners.

Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Susan Bennett Green, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before HOWARD, RIPPLE and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying relief to, and commanding the removal of, certain petitioning aliens. After careful consideration, we deny the petition.

The background facts are straightforward. Santos Lopez Perez (the petitioner) is a Guatemalan national who entered the United States, without inspection, in 1994. Later that year, she asked for asylum. Her claim...

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