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GHOURI v. HOLDER

No. 09-2707.

618 F.3d 68 (2010)

Farrukh GHOURI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Joyce was on brief for petitioner.

William C. Minick , Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Linda S. Wernery , Assistant Director, were on brief for respondent.

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

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Farrukh Ghouri, of Pakistan, petitions for review of a November 30, 2009 decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA upheld a February 25, 2008 Immigration Judge (IJ) decision denying Ghouri's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). A Shia Muslim, Ghouri claims that he fears his brother-in-law will murder him and his wife in an honor killing because his wife converted...

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