United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture is dismissed where the court lacks jurisdiction to review the denial of petitioner's asylum application since the determination involved an unresolved question of fact, and denied where it was reasonable for the IJ to conclude that circumstances in Sierra Leone have changed such that petitioner's life and freedom were no longer threatened.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2007
• Decided 03/27/2008
• Published 03/27/2008

Judges

• Before M. MARGARET McKEOWN and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM W. SCHWARZER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vicky Dobrin and Hilary A. Han, Dobrin & Han, PC, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin J. Conway, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.