United States Eighth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of Guatemalan native's application for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) for purposes of asylum and withholding relief, substantial evidence supported a determination that petitioner did not suffer past persecution and does not have a well-founded fear of future persecution in Guatemala; 2) for purposes of a CAT claim, he failed to allege that the Guatemalan government has or would likely torture him in the future; 3) there was no jurisdiction to review a cancellation of removal claim; and 4) a due process claim involving the IJ and interpreter's conduct failed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2007
• Published 12/04/2007

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Breitman, argued, Bloomington, MN, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• William C. Minick, argued, Washington, D.C. (Peter D. Keisler and Linda S. Werney, on the brief), for Respondent.