Legal Opinion
Lopez-Cardona v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 18, 2011No. 09-71661PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
David Lopez-Cardona, ** a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming a decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) to deny Lopez’s applications for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3) (the Immigration and Nationality Act, the “INA”), and withholding and deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) under 8 C.F.R. §§ 1208.16-1208.18. We deny the petition.
Where, as here, the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision while adding some of its own reasoning, we review both…
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