Legal Opinion
Settenda v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 2, 2004No. 03-1722PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Yusufu Billy Settenda and Maria Rhita Nabawanga, natives and citizens of Uganda, seek review of the decision by a single member of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to deny their applications for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) § 208(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a), withholding of removal under INA § 241(b)(3), 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3), and relief under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). 1 We deny the petition.
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Settenda and Nabawanga traveled separately from Uganda to the United States on business visas in 1999. The following…
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