Loku Kankanamge Don v. Gonzales

I. BACKGROUND

Don alleges that he and his family received threats of phys- ical harm from both the LTTE and the TDB, because a cook employed at the restaurant owned by Don was arrested by the TDB as a suspected LTTE terrorist. Don testified before the Immigration Judge (IJ) that prior to that incident in January 2000, he and his family were not threatened or harmed by the government or any terrorist groups, he did not support nor was he active in any political group, and he did not know that the cook was a Tamil Tiger until his arrest. Don stated that subsequently his life was threatened by the LTTE once in per- son outside of Colombo, and repeatedly by telephone, specifi- cally warning that Don would be harmed if he did not get the police to release his former cook. Don speculated that the LTTE believed he had informed the TDB about the cook’s LTTE connection, but offered no direct testimony on that 2 The IJ also denied withholding of removal and CAT protection. How- ever, Petitioner has abandoned these claims by failing to discuss them in his Opening Brief. See United States v. Williamson, 439 F.3d 1125, 1137- 38 (9th Cir. 2006). 1618 DON v. GONZALES…