Legal Opinion
Vilela v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 9, 2010No. 10-1037PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Antonio Alves Vilela, of Brazil, entered the United States on January 26,1997 on a six-month non-immigrant visa and overstayed. He petitions for review of a December 7, 2009 final order of removal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA, affirming the April 3, 2008 opinion of an Immigration Judge (IJ), denied Vilela’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and voluntary departure in the alternative. Vilela petitions for review of only the BIA’s denial of withholding of removal. For that reason we…
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