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BALACHANDRAN v. HOLDER

No. 08-1494.

566 F.3d 269 (2009)

Srishankar BALACHANDRAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran and Law Office of Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran on brief for petitioner.

Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.

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

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Srishankar Balachandran, of Sri Lanka, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT").

The BIA affirmed the finding of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") that Balachandran did not qualify for relief because he failed to establish he had been persecuted in Sri Lanka or faced future persecution. The IJ found...

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