JAMA v. GARLAND

No. 21-1585.

29 F.4th 971 (2022)

Abdirisak Dahir JAMA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Robert Bruning , Hanne Sandison , The Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN, Elizabeth M. Flanagan , Fish & Richardson, Minneapolis, MN, Oliver James Richards , Fish & Richardson, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.

Abdirisak Dahir Jama, Elk River, MN, Pro Se.

Carl H. McIntyre , Andrew Oliveira , Gregory A. Pennington, Jr. , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Abdirisak Jama petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The decision upheld the denial of his application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. Jama argues that the Board erred by declining to review an immigration judge's adverse credibility determination, failing adequately...

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