United States First Circuit

Petition for review of denial of asylum, withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture claims is denied where: 1) the claim for asylum was not supported by reliable testimony; 2) there was no evidence of likely persecution upon return to Colombia; and 3) petitioner's inconsistent testimony precluded relief under CAT.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2006
• Published 06/27/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jose A. Espinosa on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Gina Walcott-Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for respondent.