KADRI v. MUKASEY

No. 06-2599.

543 F.3d 16 (2008)

Zulkifly KADRI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hahn, and Hahn & Matkov, on brief for petitioner.

Corey L. Farrell, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Jeffrey S. Buscholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Greg D. Mack, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.

Ilana Etkin Greenstein, Jeremiah Friedman, Harvey Kaplan, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, on brief for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, National Lawyers' Guild, Massachusetts Chapter, and National Immigration Project, amici curiae.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, STAFFORD, District Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Zulkifly Kadri, a Muslim native of Indonesia, came to the United States on a non-immigrant visa. He filed a petition for asylum on the ground that he was persecuted in Indonesia because of his sexual orientation. He asserted that he was ostracized in the workplace and prevented from earning a livelihood as a medical doctor; and that he fears that if returned to Indonesia, he would face continued persecution. An Immigration Judge ("IJ") found...

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