United States Fifth Circuit

A petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum and related relief based on alleged persecution by Israeli forces is denied where the record supported an immigration judge's determination that petitioner: 1) was ineligible for asylum and witholding of removal; and 2) failed to establish torture for purposes of relief. A refugee claim failed as well.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2006
• Published 04/18/2006

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.