Legal Opinion
Mariko v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 24, 2011No. 09-1464PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The lead petitioner, Ya Ya Deen Mariko, and the derivative petitioner, Tiranke Kaba, are husband and wife. 1 Both of them are Guinean nationals. They seek review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed a decision of an immigration judge (IJ) denying withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). They also seek review of the BIA’s denial of their motion to remand. Discerning no cognizable error, we reject the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts are straightforward. Mariko entered the United States in late…
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