Legal Opinion

Sintia Rodriguez-Mercado v. Loretta E. Lynch

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 23, 2015No. 14-3559PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Sintia Yolissa Rodríguez-Mercado, a citizen of Honduras, petitions for judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under .the Convention Against Torture. Rodriguez-Mercado challenges the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) adverse credibility finding and alleges that the BIA failed to consider whether country conditions independently established her eligibility for asylum relief. She has also moved to remand her case to the BIA to consider whether she is eligible for…

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