CARDONA v. SESSIONS

No. 15-2095.

848 F.3d 519 (2017)

Veronica Carmela Cortez CARDONA, a/k/a Veronica Del Carmen Cortez, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS, III, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hans J. Bremer and Bremer Law & Associates, LLC on brief for petitioner.

Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division; Anthony Nicastro , Acting Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation; and Joanna L. Watson , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.

Before Thompson, Selya, and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


The petitioner, Veronica Carmela Cortez Cardona ("Cortez"), a native and citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board") denying her motion to reopen an appeal challenging an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision to reject her request for asylum and withholding of removal...

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