United States First Circuit

A Venezuelan citizen's petition for review of a final decision of the BIA, upholding an IJ's determination that the asylum application was time barred, and the IJ's denial of his application for withholding of removal on the merits is: 1) dismissed as to the asylum claim for lack of jurisdiction, because petitioner is plainly challenging the BIA's factfinding about changed circumstances vel non; and 2) denied as to the claim for withholding of removal because substantial evidence support the BIA's determination that petitioner failed to establish his entitlement to withholding of removal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2012
• Published 09/25/2012

Judges

• Howard

Court

• United States First Circuit

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