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SIHOMBING v. HOLDER

No. 08-2119.

581 F.3d 41 (2009)

Arnold SIHOMBING, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.

Before Torruella, Boudin, and Dyk, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Arnold Sihombing is a citizen of Indonesia. He seeks judicial review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") upholding the denial of his request for withholding of removal on the basis of political asylum. After careful consideration, we affirm the BIA's decision.

I. Background

A. Factual Background

Petitioner Sihombing, who is thirty-four years old and married...

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