Legal Opinion
Laurent v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 27, 2004No. 03-1275PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Nerlande Jean Laurent, a citizen of Haiti, seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. She asserts that the BIA erred in refusing to find that the Immigration Judge (IJ) had (i) violated her due process rights while conducting the removal proceedings, and (ii) incorrectly determined that the petitioner had not presented sufficient credible evidence to support her claim for asylum and withholding of deportation. 1 Finding these arguments unpersuasive, we uphold the BIA’s…
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- Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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