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MELECIO-SAQUIL v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-2778.

337 F.3d 983 (2003)

Ramiro MELECIO-SAQUIL, Petitioner v. John ASHCROFT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Phillips, Jr., Wichita, KS, for appellant.

Thankful T. Vanderstar, Washington, DC (Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Terri J. Scadron, on the brief), for appellee.

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

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Ramiro Melecio-Saquil is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States in 1994 without inspection. He petitions for review of an adverse decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA denied Melecio's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Torture Convention. He appeals only the denial of his request for asylum. Because substantial evidence supports the finding that Melecio lacks a well-founded...

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