Legal Opinion
Alvizures-Gomes v. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 21, 2016No. 15-2181PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Omar Ivan Alvizures-Gomes, seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). Detecting no error, we deny the petition.
The relevant facts are uncomplicated. The petitioner is a Guatemalan national who resided there until September 5, 2011, when he entered the United States illegally. He was soon apprehended and placed in removal proceedings. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(B). Conceding removability,…
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