MORENO v. HOLDER

No. 13-1570.

749 F.3d 40 (2014)

Luz Mery MORENO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Born and Mills and Born, LLP on brief for petitioner.

Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Greg D. Mack , Senior Litigation Counsel, and Manuel A. Palau , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Luz Mery Moreno, a Colombian national, seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her asylum and ordering her removed to her homeland. After careful consideration, we deny the petition.

In December of 1998, the petitioner entered the United States pursuant to a non-immigrant tourist visa. That visa required that she depart the country by June 21,

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