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Immigration : Removal – Political Persecution
Stephanie Maniscalco//August 31, 2018//
Where a petitioner from Ghana petitioned for review of the denial of his request for asylum, withholding of removal and application for relief under the Convention Against Torture, the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to determine the timeliness of the asylum application, and the petition for review is denied because the petitioner’s evidence would not compel all reasonable fact finders to conclude that his life or freedom would be endangered by a return to Ghana.
Petition denied.
Degbe v. Sessions (MLW No. 71986/Case No. 17-1338 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.) Petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Herbert A. Igbanugo, Minneapolis, for petitioner) (Anthony Ogden Pottinger, Washington, D.C., for respondent).
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