ELZOUR v. ASHCROFT

No. 04-9507.

378 F.3d 1143 (2004)

Mahmoud Sheik ELZOUR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Michael Sharma-Crawford, Overland Park, KS, for Petitioner.

John M. McAdams, Jr., United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC, and Linda S. Wernery, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, with him on the brief), for Respondent.

Before EBEL, HENRY and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Mahmoud Sheik Elzour ("Petitioner"), a Syrian national, entered the United States without authorization in April 2000. The government now seeks to remove him from the country. In response, Petitioner claims that he was subjected to a history of persecution at the hands of Syrian authorities and that he is entitled to asylum in the United States and/or restriction on removal to Syria.

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