Legal Opinion
Vallejo Piedrahita v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 28, 2008No. 07-1850PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Jhon Fredy Vallejo Piedrahi-ta, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Because Piedrahita fails to raise relevant issues in his opening brief and because the BIA’s decision is supported by substantial evidence, we deny the petition.
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Piedrahita entered the United States on October 8, 2002 and timely applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) on April 29, 2003. On…
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