United States First Circuit

Algerian citizens' petition for review of denials of their applications for asylum and related relief, as well as their motion to reopen, is denied where: 1) the IJ supportably found, on the record, that petitioners failed to demonstrate the requisite link between certain extortion and his political opinion or membership in a particular social group; and 2) there was no abuse of discretion in denying the motion to reopen.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2008
• Published 01/31/2008

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeanette Kain, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, on brief, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hillel R. Smith, Trial Attorney, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief, for respondent.