United States First Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to reopen is affirmed over his challenge that the Board of Immigration Appeals should have reopened the proceedings to permit consideration of his request for deferral of deportation under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/22/2004
• Published 09/22/2004

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Walter J. Gleason for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• William C. Minick, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Christopher C. Fuller, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.