Marcia Campbell v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Marcia Campbell petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) opinion affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) opinion denying her deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), and we deny the petition for review. Because the parties are familiar with the history of the case, we need not recount it here.

I

Contrary to Campbell’s assertion, the BIA did not ignore her argument that she would be targeted by law enforcement in Jamaica because of her status as a criminal deportee from the United States. The BIA adopted the IJ’s decision and reasoning when it agreed with the IJ’s conclusion that Campbell failed to meet her burden under CAT. Eneh v. Holder, 601 F.3d 943, 947 (9th Cir.2010) (reasoning that the BIA’s statement that it agrees with the IJ’s conclusion “would seem to indicate that the BIA primarily adopted the IJ’s more extensive analysis”).

The BIA’s general agreement with the conclusion of the IJ and its usage of much of the IJ’s reasoning constitutes an adoption of the IJ’s more extensive analysis of…