OLUJOKE v. GONZALES

No. 04-1252.

411 F.3d 16 (2005)

Stella OLUJOKE, a/k/a Stella Olujoke Falae, a/k/a Stella Olujoke Akinkuowo, a/k/a Joke Akinkuowo, a/k/a Elizabeth Abolanle Adeyemi, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZÁLES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Thompson, Jr. on brief for petitioner.

Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, and Jennifer Levings, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondents.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Stella Olujoke Falae, a Nigerian national, seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The petitioner argues that the BIA erred in summarily upholding an immigration judge's determination that she was not a credible witness and that, therefore, she had failed to establish eligibility for...

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