United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture is denied where a reasonable fact-finder would not be compelled to conclude that petitioner met his burden of proof to establish eligibility for asylum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2007
• Published 10/29/2007

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Stylianos, Jr., Ilana Etkin Greenstein, Harvey Kaplan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jeremiah Friedman, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robbin K. Blaya, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Peter Keisler, Acting Attorney General, and Anthony W. Norwood, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.