FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 19 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ABDULAI SHERIFF, No. 07-73075
Petitioner, Agency No. A096-141-949
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 10, 2011 **
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Abdulai Sheriff, a native and citizen of Sierra Leone, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration
judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and
protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Sowe
v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1281, 1285 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for
review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of asylum and
withholding of removal based upon changed country conditions because, even if
Sheriff were credible and established past persecution, the record reflects that
country conditions in Sierra Leone have changed such that Sheriff no longer has a
well-founded fear of future persecution by members of the Revolutionary United
Front. See Sowe, 538 F.3d at 1286-1288.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief based
on changed country conditions. Id. at 1288-89.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
2 07-73075
Sheriff v. Holder
Combined Opinion