PASSI v. MUKASEY

Docket No. 07-2102-ag.

535 F.3d 98 (2008)

Sylvestre PASSI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Harris (Eric A. Wuestman, of counsel) Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.

Lindsay B. Glauner, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation (Leslie McKay, Peter D. Keisler, of counsel) U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, KEARSE, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:

Sylvestre Passi petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) April 19, 2007 order affirming Immigration Judge (IJ) Elizabeth A. Lamb's denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The BIA assumed that Passi had testified credibly about an incident in which he was beaten into unconsciousness during a military raid, but concluded that country conditions...

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