KHALIL v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-2344.

337 F.3d 50 (2003)

Said Guirguis KHALIL, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Drinan was on brief for petitioner.

Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Douglas E. Ginsburg, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Linda S. Wernery, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Said Guirguis Khalil is an Egyptian native and citizen who entered the United States in 1996. He applied for asylum in 1998 based on both past persecution and a fear of future persecution, arising from his membership in the Coptic church. An Immigration Judge found that Khalil did not have a well-founded fear of persecution and denied his request for asylum and withholding of deportation, but granted voluntary departure. The Board of Immigration...

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