ISMAIEL v. MUKASEY

No. 06-9588.

516 F.3d 1198 (2008)

Naief ISMAIEL, Petitioner, v. Michael MUKASEY, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jayne E. Fleming, Reed Smith LLP, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner.

Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, (Angela N. Liang, Trial Attorney, with her on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before HARTZ, O'BRIEN, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

A native and citizen of Syria, Petitioner Naief Ismaiel claims that he will be persecuted on account of his political opinion if he is returned to his home country. He seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of the denial by an immigration judge (IJ) of his application for asylum and restriction on removal2 under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C...

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