Legal Opinion

Luz Marina Quijano v. U.S. Attorney General

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided October 6, 2009No. 08-11936, 08-17156Unpublished

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

In this consolidated case, petitioners Luz Quijano (“Luz”), her husband, Jaime Quijano-Gonzalez (“Jaime”), and their children, David Quijano-Perez (“David”) and John Quijano-Perez (“John”), through counsel, 1 seek review of the BIA’s decision affirming the IJ’s order finding them removable and denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal.

On appeal, Luz first argues that we should waive the one-year deadline for filing an asylum application, due to extraordinary circumstances. Second, she ai'gues that the BIA’s finding that she failed to establish past persecution or a clear…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Reno v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Alba v. MontfordCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
  3. Sergio Leonel Mendoze v. U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  4. Jaime Ruiz v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
  5. Luz Marina Silva v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006

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