ROMILUS v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1538.

385 F.3d 1 (2004)

Jean Randal ROMILUS, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ilana Greenstein, Jeremiah Friedman, Harvey Kaplan, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, on brief, for petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Jamie M. Dowd, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, on brief, for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Jean Randal Romilus, a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying him asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny the petition.

I. Background

Romilus, a farmer from the village of Ghantier, attempted to enter the United States with a falsified...

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