Legal Opinion
Valerio Fortunato Tuali Kibinda v. Attorney General of the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 20, 2007No. 05-4237PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Valerio Kibinda seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial of his request for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction to review the petition pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a) and will deny the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Petitioner Valerio Kibinda, a native and citizen of Angola, is from Cabinda, an oil-rich area administered as an exclave of Angola since Cabindan and Angolan liberation from Portuguese rule in 1975. Many Cabindans believe that…
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