United States First Circuit

Petition for review of an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where 1) the court lacks jurisdiction over his asylum claim; 2) the CAT claim was abandoned; and 3) the BIA's rejection of the withholding of removal claim was supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2007
• Published 09/27/2007

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Warren on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Catherine Banerjee Rojko, Senior Counsel, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.