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SHARMA v. HOLDER

No. 12-60547.

729 F.3d 407 (2013)

Khagendra SHARMA, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General., Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Campbell Barker (argued), Yetter Coleman, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Aimee Joy Carmichael , Trial Attorney (argued), Tangerlia Cox , Karen Y. Stewart , U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before REAVLEY, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:

Nepalese citizen Khagendra Sharma petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b) and the Convention Against Torture (CAT), arguing that he had been subjected to past persecution and feared future persecution in Nepal based on his political opinion and membership in a particular social group, the Nepal Student Union (NSU...

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