Legal Opinion

Fidel Angel Hernandez-Barrera v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 9, 2004No. 02-2513PublishedCited by 132 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Fidel Angel Hernandez-Barrera petitions for relief from a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or the Board), denying his claims for asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT) 1 . The Attorney General asserts that jurisdiction over this appeal is barred by Section 309(c)(4)(G) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRI-RA), Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (September 30, 1996). IIRIRA § 309(c)(4)(G) states that “there shall be no appeal permitted in the case…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  4. Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by132 opinions

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  5. Irina Efimovna Antipova v. U.S. Atty. Gen.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004

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