JOURNAL v. KEISLER

No. 07-1109.

507 F.3d 9 (2007)

Claudy JOURNAL, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Margaret A. O'Donnell, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Aviva L. Poczter, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Claudy Journal, a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for relief from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). After careful consideration, we deny the petition for review and affirm the decision of the BIA.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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