United States Sixth Circuit

Petition for review of a decision declaring Iraqi native petitioner's asylum application frivolous is denied as: 1) petitioner could not blame his former counsel for material misrepresentations he made in his asylum application; 2) petitioner was given an opportunity to explain the discrepancies between his asylum application and his hearing testimony; 3) his due process rights were not infringed; 4) petitioner did not timely retract his false statements; and 5) there was no basis for a remand to the BIA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2007
• Published 10/09/2007

Judges

• R. GUY COLE, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  BATCHELDER and COLE, Circuit Judges;  PHILLIPS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Maris J. Liss, George P. Mann & Associates, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Petitioner.  John T. Battaglia, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Maris J. Liss, George P. Mann, George P. Mann & Associates, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Petitioner.  Aviva L. Poczter, Patricia A. Smith, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.