NIANG v. MUKASEY

Docket No. 05-0136-ag.

511 F.3d 138 (2007)

Souleymane NIANG, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morry Cheng, New York, N.Y., for Petitioner.

Pravin Rao & Craig Oswald, Assistant United States Attorneys for Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., for Respondent.

Before: LEVAL, CALABRESI, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Souleymane Niang ("Niang" or "petitioner"), assertedly a native and citizen of Mauritania, petitions this Court for review of a December 22, 2004 order of the BIA. The BIA affirmed the decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") William P. Van Wyke, pretermitting Niang's application for asylum, and denying his claims for withholding of removal and for relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

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