ALI v. RENO

No. 99-4464.

237 F.3d 591 (2001)

Zainab ALI, Petitioner, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General; Carol Jenifer, District Director, UNITED STATES Immigration and Naturalization Service; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard A. Kulics, IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER, Birmingham, Michigan, for Petitioner. (argued and briefed), Immigration Law Center, Birmingham, MI, for Petitioner.

Erin Albritton, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LIGITATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

ON BRIEF: Richard A. Kulics, IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER, Birmigham, Michigan, for Petitioner.

Erin Albritton, Brenda E. Ellison, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LIGITATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Sharon J. Zealey, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Columbus, OH, Carol Appling, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent Reno, Jenifer.

Brenda E. Ellison (briefed), Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Erin Albritton (argued and briefed), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent INS.

Before: DAUGHTREY and CLAY, Circuit Judges; RUSSELL, District Judge.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

Zainab Ali petitioned the Immigration and Naturalization Service for asylum and for protection under the Convention against Torture and other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. An immigration judge denied the petition, and on appeal the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the order. Ali now challenges the Board's finding that she had been...

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