Legal Opinion

Daniel Shahinaj v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 2, 2007No. 19-1341PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Daniel Shahinaj (Shahinaj), a native and citizen of Albania, entered the United States illegally and filed an application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1231(b)(3), and for relief under Article III of the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The Immigration Judge (IJ) denied Shahinaj’s application and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed the IJ’s decision. After careful review of the administrative record, we conclude the IJ’s credibility findings, adopted and modified by the BIA, are not…

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