United States Eighth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of Guatemalan petitioner's claim for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) the appeals court lacked jurisdiction to review the asylum claim; 2) withholding of removal was properly denied as the evidence of past persecution did not compel the conclusion that petitioner was persecuted based on a protected classification; 3) the record did not compel a conclusion that there is a clear probability that petitioner will face future persecution should he be removed to Guatemala; and 4) petitioner failed to establish that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured if returned to Guatemala.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2007
• Published 06/27/2007

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who represented the appellant was Joseph L. Wilson of Omaha, NE.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who represented the appellee was Robyn A. Millenacker, AUSA, of Minneapolis, MN.