by designation.
       Petitioner Christoppel Eduard Sambuaga (“Sambuaga”), an Indonesian national,

seeks review of an order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) on August

30, 2006, which adopted and affirmed the decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”)

denying Sambuaga’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).1 Sambuaga was admitted to the United

States in July of 1994 as a nonimmigrant student in order to attend the International

Theological Seminary, and his wife and three children joined him three months later.

After two years, Sambuaga discontinued his studies at the Seminary, but nevertheless

remained in the United States. On May 5, 2003, Sambuaga was charged with

removability under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(C)(i) for failing to comply with the conditions

required while holding nonimmigrant status. OnSANTA CRUZ >> A grizzled otter, the oldest of his kind, silently slipped into a UC Santa Cruz pool Friday and began his morning exercise routine. Graceful from years of practice, he flipped forward, twisted in log rolls, and stood spinning in water, arms uplifted in a quiet happy dance.

He then lay on his back for a reward from his personal trainer. A wet clam slapped his chest, tossed by Courtney Ribeiro-French of Santa Cruz.

“For an old guy, he has really nice teeth,” she said.

Taylor, the oldest Southern sea otter on record, celebrated his 21st birthday Nov. 9. Though he has left behind his former public life — showing children the ways of a marine mammal at Colorado’s Ocean Journey in Denver (now the Downtown Aquarium) — he