Veronica Velasco Cervantes v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
Beezer COUNSEL, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
VERONICA VELASCO-CERVANTES,
Petitioner, No. 08-73295 v. Agency No.
A200-099-714
ERIC H. HOLDER JR., Attorney General, OPINION Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted December 11, 2009—Seattle, Washington
Filed January 27, 2010
Before: Robert R. Beezer, Ronald M. Gould and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Beezer COUNSEL
Rosaura Rodriguez, Rios Cantor, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner.
Jeffrey R. Meyer, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washing- ton, D.C., for the respondent.
OPINION
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Veronica Velasco-Cervantes (“Velasco”), a native and citi- zen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigra- tion Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of her appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her petitions for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Conven- tion Against Torture. Velasco asserts that she is entitled to relief because she was forced to serve as a material witness on…