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SANDIE v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S.

No. 07-1865.

562 F.3d 246 (2009)

Emmanuel Tango SANDIE, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: April 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Maltas, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Michele R. Pistone, Villanova Law School, Clinic for Asylum Refugee & Emigrant Services, Villanova, PA, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Lindsay B. Glauner, John D. Williams, Michael P. Lindemann, Unites States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Theodore C. Hirt, Department of Labor, Office of Immigration, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Respondent.

Before: SMITH, COWEN, Circuit Judges and THOMPSON, District Judge.

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Emmanuel Tango Sandie petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying him asylum. Sandie claims he has a well-founded fear of persecution. He alleges that a secret group, the Wonde & Poro Society, will kill him, if he returns to his native Sierra Leone, because he refuses to become their Supreme Leader. Alternatively, if he were to acquiesce and become Supreme Leader of this group, he claims...

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