Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 1, 2009No. 08-2455PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Rolando Hernandez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and asylum on humanitarian grounds (“humanitarian asylum”), as well as his request to administratively close or continue his case. We deny the petition in part, grant the petition in part, and remand for further proceedings.
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Rolando Hernandez was born in Quezaltenango, Guatemala, on August 20, 1965. Hernandez entered the…
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