Attorney General Review of BIA Decision

Matter of J-F-F-, 23 I&N 912 (AG 2006) can be found by clicking here.  Download jff35321.pdf  In the ruling, the Attorney General reviews and denies Convention against Torture protection to pro se respondent, who is ineligible for 212(c), where “the Government had introduced a psychiatric evaluation, dated February 19, 2004, in which the psychiatrist ‘cleared [respondent] to stand trial,’ although this report stated that respondent had schizoaffective and bipolar disorders and observed that respondent had been admitted to various hospitals as a result of his mental illness.” AG review of BIA decisons are pretty rare and this one presumably tells us where Alberto Gonzales wants to draw the line.

KJ