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031493P.pdf   05/06/2004  Chay-Velasquez  v.  John Ashcroft
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-1493
   Agency   
   Petition for Review - Immigration. Evidence supported the Immigration 
   Judge's finding that petitioner had committed serious nonpolitical crimes 
   in Guatemala and that he was ineligible for asylum and withholding of 
   removal; claims under the Convention Against Torture were waived as 
   petitioner did not raise them in his opening brief; in any event, the claims 
   would fail on the merits as there was no evidence Guatemalan authorities 
   knew of petitioner's involvement in the activities because he was never 
   detained or questioned; Immigration Judge's refusal to permit petitioner 
   to supplement the record seven months after the conclusion of his hearing 
   was not an abuse of discretion. [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author]