United States First Circuit

Petition for review of the denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal, voluntary departure, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied over petitioners' arguments that: 1) the IJ erred in its adverse credibility determination; 2) they suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel during the appeal of the asylum proceedings; and 3) the BIA erred in discounting newly presented evidence in denying a motion to reopen.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2007
• Published 09/19/2007

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard A. Silverman and Ross, Silverman & Levy LLP on brief for petitioners., Jeanette Kain, Harvey Kaplan, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman on brief, for Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma et al., amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric W. Marsteller, Attorney, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and M. JocelynLopez Wright, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief for respondent.