United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which declared Guinean-petitioner removable as an aggravated felon and denied his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is dismissed in part and denied in part where: 1) though two of petitioner's claims arguably satisfy the standard of review each of the claims in the end proved unavailing; 2) court agreed that petitioner's due process claim fell short; and 3) petitioner's remaining claims involved fact-based challenges which, because of petitioner's status as an aggravated felon, court lacked jurisdiction to review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/30/2008
• Published 09/30/2008

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• United States First Circuit

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