Legal Opinion
Rivas-Mira v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 11, 2009No. 08-1604PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Carlos Eduardo Rivas-Mira, is a native of El Salvador. He seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of an immigration judge (IJ) that ordered his removal and denied him asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). After careful consideration of the briefs and record, we deny the petition.
Our sole focus is the denial of the asylum claim. 1 The basic facts are straightforward.
The petitioner arrived illegally in the United States on January…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Xiu Xia Lin v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Albathani v. INSCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Wei Chen v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
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