United States Fourth Circuit

Appeal from a denial of adjustment of status is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where petitioner raised no constitutional claim or question of law, and denial of petitioner's claim for asylum and withholding of deportation is affirmed where the immigration judge properly determined that petitioner assisted or participated in persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/01/2005
• Decided 01/03/2006
• Published 01/03/2006

Judges

• Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Arnedo Silvano Valera, Fairfax, Virginia, for Petitioner.  Bryan Stuart Beier, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Anna Mills Wagoner, United States Attorney, John W. Stone, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Respondent.