ORELIEN v. GONZALES

No. 06-1085.

467 F.3d 67 (2006)

Burel ORELIEN, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey J. Bazile and Bazile & Associates, on brief, for petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Judith A. Hagley, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Burel Orelien, seeks judicial review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his omnibus application for asylum, withholding of removal, or relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). The petitioner asserts that the BIA erred in refusing to grant relief because he presented strong and credible evidence of persecution (past and anticipated). Discerning no error, we deny the petition....

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