Legal Opinion
Bebri v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 17, 2008No. 07-2780PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Drini Bebri, is an Albanian national. He seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that affirmed a decision of an immigration judge (IJ) denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Because the petitioner failed to renew the withholding of removal and CAT claims before the BIA, we treat those claims as abandoned. See Makhoul v. Ashcroft, 387 F.3d 75, 80 (1st Cir.2004). Consequently, our sole focus is the asylum claim. After careful consideration of…
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