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RAFIYEV v. MUKASEY

Nos. 07-1317, 07-2406.

536 F.3d 853 (2008)

Anar RAFIYEV, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Holmes, Bloomington, MN, for petitioner.

Anthony P. Nicastro, USDOJ, OIL, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before BYE, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Anar Rafiyev petitions for review of two decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The first decision denied Rafiyev's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and determined that his application for asylum was frivolous. The second decision denied Rafiyev's motion to reopen based on alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. We deny the petition in No. 07-1317, but grant...

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