MIHAYLOV v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1575.

379 F.3d 15 (2004)

Stefan Antonov MIHAYLOV; and Ludmila Georgeva Naydenova, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Darvin for appellant.

Hillel R. Smith, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Stefan Antonov Mihaylov, a native and citizen of Bulgaria, seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum. Petitioner Ludmila Georgeva Naydenova is a derivative asylum applicant.1 Mihaylov argues that the evidence presented below compels a conclusion that he was persecuted in the past on account of his political opinion and is therefore entitled...

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