United States Eighth Circuit

Petition for review of denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1) substantial evidence supported the adverse credibility findings of the IJ; and 2) petitioner did not produce evidence that he was likely to face persecution upon his return to Mauritania.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2008
• Published 11/19/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy E. Wichmer, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jamie M. Dowd, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for appellee.