Legal Opinion
Makieh v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 14, 2009No. 08-2213PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Jamal Makieh (“Makieh”) petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “the agency”) dismissing his appeal. The BIA adopted and affirmed the oral decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”), who denied Makieh’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Because we lack jurisdiction to consider Makieh’s challenge as to the asylum issue, and because the IJ’s decision denying withholding of removal and CAT protection was supported by substantial evidence on the record as a…
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