VENTE v. GONZALES

No. 03-4731.

415 F.3d 296 (2005)

Rodolfo Vente VENTE, Petitioner v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

July 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philippe Weisz, (Argued), American Friends Service Committee, Immigrant Rights Program, Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Scott R. McIntosh, H. Thomas Byron, III, (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff PHB 9134, Washington, D.C., Douglas E. Ginsburg, John D. Williams, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before AMBRO, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges and SHADUR, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

Rodolfo Vente Vente petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Because the BIA's decision mischaracterized the nature of Vente's asylum claim, rendering meaningful review of that decision impossible, we grant the petition...

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