Legal Opinion

Sugiarto v. Holder, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 1, 2014No. 13-2085PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARRON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Senly Sugiarto, an Indonesian citizen, unsuccessfully applied for asylum eight years ago. She now seeks — along with her husband and daughter 1 — to have the Board of Immigration Appeals reopen that earlier request. Because we find no basis for overturning the Board’s refusal to do so, we deny her petition for review.

Sugiarto entered the United States on a tourist visa in January 2005, overstayed that visa’s expiration, and applied for asylum in January 2006. At the time of her asylum application, Sugiarto, who is Christian, claimed she would face “persecution…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Raza v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
  2. Ang v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
  3. Guerrero-Santana v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
  4. Sugiarto v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  5. Fen Tjong Lie v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sihotang v. SessionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2018
  2. Xin Qiang Liu v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  3. Mejia-Ramaja v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  4. Xiao He Chen v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
  5. Garcia-Aguilar v. SessionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019

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