Nelly Vivanco v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Nelly Vivanco and Wilmer Coronel, wife and husband and natives and citizens of Peru, petition for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition for review.
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We review the BIA’s findings for substantial evidence, applying the standards created by the REAL ID Act, because petitioners filed their applications after May…
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- Halim v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Viridiana v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
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