United States Ninth Circuit

In an immigration case, the Court denies petitions to review denial of asylum, denial of withholding of removal, denial of voluntary departure and refusal to reopen Convention Against Torture claims, where the Immigration Judge's adverse credibility finding was justified because: 1) petitioner admittedly fabricated a basis for asylum due to political persecution and later sought asylum on grounds of persecution due to his homosexuality; and 2) there was no hostile environment when petitioner fabricated his story to immigration officials.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2007
• Decided 10/06/2008
• Published 10/06/2008

Judges

• Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, JOHN T. NOONAN, and STEPHEN S. TROTT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kari E. Hong, Law Offices of Helen A. Sklar, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Arthur L. Rabin, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.