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VIEGAS v. HOLDER

No. 11-1689.

699 F.3d 798 (2012)

Adriano de Almeida VIEGAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ragan Naresh , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Jeffrey Lawrence Menkin , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Ritu Kelotra , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Ethan B. Kanter , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition denied by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KING concurred.

OPINION

WYNN, Circuit Judge:

Adriano de Almeida Viegas, a native and citizen of the Republic of Angola, seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his petition to obtain relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"). Specifically, the BIA, in adopting and supplementing the decision of the Immigration Judge, denied Viegas asylum and withholding of removal under the INA because he was a member of, and...

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