United States First Circuit

Petition for review of an order denying petitioner's request for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT based relief is denied where: 1) petitioner did not satisfy the objectivity requirement in providing "credible, direct, and specific evidence" to support a reasonable fear of individualized persecution; and 2) upon reviewing the record, the manner in which the case was handled in proceedings below could not be deemed to have violated due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/11/2008
• Published 06/11/2008

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, MERRITT, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William A. Hahn and Hahn & Matkov, on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Anh-Thu P. Mai, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Jeffrey R. Meyer, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.