Soto-Olarte
Soto-Olarte v. Holder
Opinion
Opinion
Gould COUNSEL, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JORGE ARTURO SOTO-OLARTE;
MARIA JESUS ESTEVES-LA TORRE, No. 06-71822 Petitioners, Agency Nos. v. A097-875-480 ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney A097-875-481 General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted May 9, 2008—Pasadena, California
Filed February 23, 2009
Before: John T. Noonan, William A. Fletcher, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Gould COUNSEL
Edgardo Quintanilla, Quintanilla Law Firm, Sherman Oaks, California, for the petitioners. 2116 SOTO-OLARTE v. HOLDER Joshua P. Jones, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, D.C., for the respondent.
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Jorge Arturo Soto-Olarte and his wife Maria Jesus Esteves- La Torre petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) opinion dismissing their appeal of an immi- gration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their petitions for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under…