Legal Opinion
Lopez Perez v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 20, 2009No. 09-1022PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a petition for judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying relief to, and commanding the removal of, certain petitioning aliens. After careful consideration, we deny the petition.
The background facts are straightforward. Santos Lopez Perez (the petitioner) is a Guatemalan national who entered the United States, without inspection, in 1994. Later that year, she asked for asylum. Her claim rested on three pillars. First, she asserted that, while walking to church in her home town (outside of Quetzaltepeque), she often observed…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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