DOISSAINT v. MUKASEY

Nos. 06-73218, 06-75390.

538 F.3d 1167 (2008)

Volsaint DOISSAINT, aka Dolsin Volsin, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Strawn, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.

Deitz P. Lefort and Lyle D. Jentzer, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, SUSAN P. GRABER, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denied Petitioner Volsaint Doissaint's request for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT") and his motion to reopen proceedings. He petitions this court for review from those denials. We grant in part and dismiss as moot in part.

Petitioner, a Haitian citizen, entered the United States in 1992. He was granted asylum in 1993 and became a lawful permanent resident in 1995. In 2000, a...

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