United States Eighth Circuit

Petition for review of the BIA's determination of ineligibility for asylum and withholding of removal, as well as its refusal to reopen petitioner's removal proceeding, is denied where: 1) substantial evidence supported determinations that petitioner was ineligible for asylum; and 2) the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to reopen to obtain adjustment of status.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2008
• Published 03/25/2008

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barton C. Winter, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Friedrich A. Siekert, AUSA, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.