Legal Opinion
Rotinsulu v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 2008No. 07-1516PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Denny Stenly Rotinsulu, an Indonesian national, is an Adventist Christian. He seeks judicial review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.
The background facts are not seriously disputed. The petitioner is a native of Manado, a city in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. He arrived lawfully in the United States as a non-immigrant visitor on March 13, 1995, and was authorized…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Aguilar v. United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland SecurityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Laeila Nelson, Stephanie Nelson, Phil Nelson v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by49 opinions
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