1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 632 F.3d
  5. 632 F.3d 117 (2011)
 

CRESPIN-VALLADARES v. HOLDER

No. 09-1423.

632 F.3d 117 (2011)

Orlando CRESPIN-VALLADARES; Sandra Yanira Melgar-Melgar; S.E.C.M.; S.O.C.M., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jennifer Loraine Swize, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Carol Federighi, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Walter D. Kelley, Jr., Tara Lynn R. Zurawski, Jason B. Taub, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan A. Muenkel, Jones Day, New York, NY, for Petitioners. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret Perry, Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted and case remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge GREGORY joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

Orlando Crespin-Valladares and his wife and children ("the Crespins"), citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of a final order of removal entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Crespin argues that he and his family deserve asylum because he fears persecution in El Salvador on account of his family ties. An immigration judge (IJ) accepted this argument and granted the Crespins' asylum application...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases