United States Fifth Circuit

A petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is dismissed in part for lack of jurisdiction as to a claim that he qualifies as a refugee, and denied in part as to his asylum, withholding, and CAT claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2006
• Published 03/09/2006

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Karen Harder Pennington, Law Office of Karen H. Pennington, Dallas, TX, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Clark Minick, Douglas Ginsburg, James E. Grimes, Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., OIL, Washington, DC, Anne M. Estrada, U.S. INS, Dallas, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.