SETTENDA v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1722.

377 F.3d 89 (2004)

Yusufu Billy SETTENDA and Maria Rhita Nabawanga, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Graves, Jr., with whom Kerry E. Doyle and Graves & Doyle were on brief, for petitioners.

Shelley R. Goad, Attorney, Civil Division, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration and Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.

Before SELYA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


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...

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