United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of BIA's denial of Indian national's application for withholding of removal is denied and dismissed in part where: 1) petitioner's request for continuance is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and in the alternative denied for lack of merit; 2) BIA's finding that petitioner did not have a well-founded fear of persecution was supported by reasonable, substantial, and probable evidence; and 3) petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2009
• Published 09/16/2009

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, ROVNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sakina Carbide, Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Theodore C. Hirt, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.