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TURAY v. ASHCROFT

No. 04-2479.

405 F.3d 663 (2005)

Mohamed TURAY, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Chinedu Nwaneri, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Sarah Maloney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, RILEY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Mohamed Turay appeals from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissal of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Turay argues that he suffered persecution based on his imputed political opinion and that the immigration judge (IJ) should not have discounted his credibility. We affirm.

I. Background

Turay is a citizen of Sierra Leone who came to...

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