United States Third Circuit

An Angolan citizen's petition for review challenging a denial of asylum and related relief is denied where substantial evidence supported an IJ's conclusion that petitioner had not established past persecution and did not have an objectively well founded fear of persecution, and the record did not compel a conclusion that petitioner was likely to be tortured if returned to Angola.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2007
• Decided 02/20/2007
• Published 02/20/2007

Judges

• Before McKEE, AMBRO and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hyung P. Steele, (Argued), Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, Michael S. Hino, (Argued), Pepper Hamilton, Berwyn, PA, Attorneys for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard M. Evans, Paul Fiorino, Susan K. Houser, (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Respondent.