United States Eighth Circuit

Petitions for review of decisions denying of asylum and related relief, as well as a motion to reopen, for Nigerian native are denied where: 1) petitioner did not satisfy his burden on an asylum claim; 2) as petitioner was not asserting that torture would occur for a reason other than his religion, the IJ did not err by denying withholding of removal or CAT relief; and 3) there was no abuse of discretion in denying the motion to reopen based on newly discovered evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2008
• Published 08/14/2008

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Diane B. Bratvold, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Daniel J. Supalla, on the brief), for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Alexander Goring, argued, OIL, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent