VILELA v. HOLDER

No. 10-1037.

620 F.3d 25 (2010)

Antonio Alves VILELA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Zak was on brief for petitioner.

Sunah Lee , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Michelle G. Latour , Assistant Director, were on brief for respondent.

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


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Antonio Alves Vilela, of Brazil, entered the United States on January 26, 1997 on a six-month non-immigrant visa and overstayed. He petitions for review of a December 7, 2009 final order of removal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA, affirming the April 3, 2008 opinion of an Immigration Judge (IJ), denied Vilela's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and voluntary...

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