United States Ninth Circuit

Although appellant is eligible for asylum, the Board of Immigration Appeals did not err by dismissing his motion to reopen his proceeding for consideration under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2002
• Published 02/08/2002

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: B. FLETCHER, T.G. NELSON and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leah W. Hurwitz, Esq., San Diego, California, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Francisco, California, for the respondent., Mark C. Walters, Christine Bither, Thankful T. Vanderstar, and Anh-Thu P. Mai, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for the respondent.