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ESCOBAR v. HOLDER

No. 11-2086.

698 F.3d 36 (2012)

Luis G. ESCOBAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 22, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos E. Estrada on brief for petitioner.

Shahrzad Baghai , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, BOUDIN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Luis Escobar, a citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his applications for asylum, statutory withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. In June 1989 Escobar, then age 18, arrived in the United States. Four years later, he applied for asylum, asserting that he had fled his native country due to political persecution after Guatemalan police had accused...

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