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KHAN v. MUKASEY

No. 08-1135.

541 F.3d 55 (2008)

Abdul Q. KHAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Yavner on brief for petitioner.

Aimee J. Frederickson, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Mary Jane Candaux, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Abdul Q. Khan, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny his petition.

I.

We briefly summarize Khan's testimony before an Immigration Judge ("IJ"). Khan was raised as a Sunni Muslim in Pakistan. While attending school, he befriended...

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