United States Fifth Circuit

The fugitive disentitlement doctrine may be invoked to dismiss a petition for review of a BIA decision by a fugitive alien. Petition for review of a dismissal of Nepalese family's appeal from a denial of their application for asylum and related relief is dismissed pursuant to the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, which is found to be applicable in this case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/07/2007
• Published 11/08/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul S. Zoltan, Law Office of Paul S. Zoltan, Dallas, TX, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary Layton Anderson, San Antonio, TX, Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Washington, DC, Kristi Barrows, U.S. INS, Dallas, TX, Trey Lund, U.S. Imm. & Customs Enforcement, Field Office Dir., Attn: Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.