VILLAFRANCA v. LYNCH

No. 14-1881.

797 F.3d 91 (2015)

Edgar Romero VILLAFRANCA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 5, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin MacMurray and MacMurray & Associates on brief for petitioner.

Joyce R. Branda , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Jennifer Williams , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Yedidya Cohen , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, SELYA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


The petitioner, Edgar Romero Villafranca, is a Honduran national who seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). After careful consideration, we deny his...

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