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MAYORGA-VIDAL v. HOLDER

No. 09-1208.

675 F.3d 9 (2012)

Henry Edgardo MAYORGA-VIDAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ilana Greenstein , with whom Maureen O'Sullivan , Jeanette Kain and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP were on brief, for petitioner.

Corey L. Farrell , Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, with whom Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division and Greg D. Mack , Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief, for respondent.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

In 2002, petitioner Henry Edgardo Mayorga-Vidal, a native and citizen of El Salvador, attempted to enter the United States without authorization. He was detained and placed in removal proceedings, where he initially denied that he was removable. He also sought asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In support of his asylum and withholding requests, Mayorga-Vidal claimed that he would suffer...

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