Date: 20000818
Docket: IMM-5591-99
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, AUGUST 18, 2000
BEFORE: TREMBLAY-LAMER J.
Between:
ABBES ATTOU
Plaintiff
- and -
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Defendant
O R D E R
The application for judicial review is dismissed.
| Danièle Tremblay-Lamer JUDGE |
Certified true translation
Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.
Date: 20000818
Docket: IMM-5591-99
Between:
ABBES ATTOU
Plaintiff
- and -
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Defendant
REASONS FOR ORDER
TREMBLAY-LAMER J.
[1] This is an application for judicial review from a decision of the Refugee Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board ("the Refugee Division") that the plaintiff is not a Convention refugee on account of his general lack of credibility.
[2] Despite the able argument of Ms. Fiset, I was not persuaded that there is anything to justify this Court's intervention.
[3] It is clear, considering the expertise of the Refugee Division and its complete jurisdiction in assessing the testimony of a claimant, that this Court will not intervene so long as the inferences drawn by the Refugee Division are not unreasonable.1 In view of the many weaknesses found by the Refugee Division in the plaintiff's evidence, its conclusion that there was a general lack of credibility was fully justified.
[4] For these reasons, the application for judicial review is dismissed.
| Danièle Tremblay-Lamer JUDGE |
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
August 18, 2000
Certified true translation
Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
TRIAL DIVISION
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
| COURT No.: IMM-5591-99 |
| STYLE OF CAUSE: ABBES ATTOU v. MCI |
| PLACE OF HEARING: MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC |
| DATE OF HEARING: AUGUST 15, 2000 |
| REASONS FOR ORDER BY: TREMBLAY-LAMER J. |
| DATED: AUGUST 18, 2000 |
APPEARANCES:
| EVELINE FISET FOR THE APPLICANT |
| THI MU DUNG TRAN FOR THE RESPONDENT |
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
| EVELINE FISET FOR THE APPLICANT |
| Morris Rosenberg FOR THE RESPONDENT |
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
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