United States Eighth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of Muslim Indonesian native's application for asylum and withholding of removal is denied insofar as the court had jurisdiction over the claims as: 1) the court lacked jurisdiction to review a determination that the asylum application was untimely; 2) an argument, that the statutory time limit on applications for asylum cannot be enforced because it conflicts with the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, is meritless; 3) substantial evidence supported an IJ's rejection of a claim for withholding of removal; and 4) substantial evidence supported denying a CAT claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2007
• Published 08/17/2007

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory S. Bachmeier, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John W. Blakeley, Peter D. Keisler, and Emily Anne Radford, USDOJ, Washington, D.C., for appellee.