United States Fourth Circuit

Petition for review of the BIA's denial of a Liberian citizen's applications for withholding of removal and related relief is denied where: 1) federal appellate courts lack jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. section 1252(a)(2)(C) to review BIA denials of withholding of removal in cases involving crime of moral turpitude; and 2) the court lacks jurisdiction to review petitioner's CAT claim because he did not appeal the IJ's denial of the claim to the BIA and therefore, did not exhaust his administrative remedies.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/26/2010
• Decided 03/05/2010
• Published 03/05/2010

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Shimica D. Gaskins, Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Kiley L. Kane, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF:Caroline Brown, Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, John S. Hogan, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.