Legal Opinion
Castillo-Diaz v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 30, 2009No. 08-1570PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Andrea Del Carmen Castillo-Diaz, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) final order summarily affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. Finding no legal error in the IJ’s reasoning, and discerning substantial evidence in the record supporting the IJ’s determination, we deny the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Castillo-Diaz entered the United States without inspection on or about July 6, 2003, and shortly thereafter the Department of Homeland Security…
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