Legal Opinion
Mendoza-Ordonez v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 23, 2017No. 16-3333PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, .Circuit Judge.
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Luis Javier Mendoza-Ordonez, a citizen of the Republic of Honduras, crossed the United States border without inspection on two occasions. After his first entry Customs and Border Patrol officers (CBP) detained him and the Government returned him to Honduras under an expedited removal. When CBP detained him after his second entry Mendoza requested asylum and, alternatively, asked the Government to withhold his removal from the United States because he feared for his life if returned to Honduras. 1 He was placed into a “withholding only” proceeding…
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