ZAKIROV v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-3801.

384 F.3d 541 (2004)

Sirene S. ZAKIROV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the petitioner was Phillip Frederick Fishman of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the respondent was Joan E. Smiley of Washington, D.C. Also appearing on the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Mary Jane Candaux, and Jennifer L. Lightbody.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Sirene S. Zakirov petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming without opinion an immigration judge's denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Zakirov claimed past persecution in his native Russia and a well-founded fear that he would suffer from future persecution on account of his Tatar nationality if he were to return to what is now the Russian Federation. An Immigration Judge...

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