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MENDEZ-BARRERA v. HOLDER

No. 09-1903.

602 F.3d 21 (2010)

Yulma Marili MENDEZ-BARRERA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. Wall and Greater Boston Legal Services on brief for petitioner.

Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Jamie M. Dowd, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Andrew N. O'Malley, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before LIPEZ, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Yulma Marili Mendez-Barrera, is a native and citizen of El Salvador. She seeks judicial review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under Article III of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). After careful consideration we deny this petition.

The background facts are easily stated. The petitioner entered the United...

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