HARUTYUNYAN v. GONZALES

No. 04-2207.

421 F.3d 64 (2005)

Artur HARUTYUNYAN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin MacMurray, on brief, for petitioner.

Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Jeffrey M. Cohen, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief, for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and SILER, Senior Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Artur Harutyunyan, a native of Armenia, seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum.1 Concluding, as we do, that the BIA's order is supported by substantial evidence, we deny the petition.

The facts are uncomplicated. In June of 2001, the petitioner, then twenty years old, entered the United States under a J-1 visa to embark upon...

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