Legal Opinion
Guaman-Loja v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 11, 2013No. 11-2253PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Maria Guaman-Loja, a native and citizen of Ecuador, entered the United States without being admitted or paroled. She was placed into removal proceedings and filed applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Conven tion Against Torture (“CAT”). An immigration judge (“IJ”) denied Guaman-Loja’s applications for relief, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) subsequently dismissed her appeal. Gua-man-Loja now petitions for review of the BIA’s order. Under the deferential standard of review we accord to the agency’s factfinding, we deny the…
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