DÍAZ-GARCÍA v. HOLDER

No. 09-1681.

609 F.3d 21 (2010)

Alexander DÍAZ-GARCÍA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Warren, on brief, for petitioner.

Aaron R. Petty, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Christopher C. Fuller, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Alexander Díaz-García ("Díaz"), a native and citizen of Colombia, seeks review of an agency decision denying his applications for asylum under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the "Act"), and for withholding of removal under Section 241(b)(3) of the Act and the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Díaz, a former teacher and union leader, alleged that he was persecuted by the Revolutionary Armed...

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