United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1) the court does not have jurisdiction to review a determination that the petitioner did not file his asylum application within the one year limit; 2) petitioner's legal challenge to the time limit holding was merely a disguised factual challenge; 3) the IJ's adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence; and 4) the petitioner abandoned his claim for relief under the CAT.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2007
• Published 06/07/2007

Judges

• SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SELYA and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sara Sailan Yang and Yang & Sacchetti on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Kessler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Genevieve Holm, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.