AGHA v. HOLDER

No. 12-3640.

743 F.3d 609 (2014)

Walled Mazin AGHA; Gina Magigi Agha, Petitioners v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy E. Wichmer , argued, Saint Louis, MO, for Petitioner.

Joseph Anthony O'Connell , argued, Elizabeth Kurlan , on the brief, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before WOLLMAN and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and WEBBER, District Judge.


WEBBER, District Judge.

Walled Mazin Agha (Agha) and his wife, Gina Magigi Agha,2 petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed the denial of Agha's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.

I.

Agha, a man of Palestinian origin, was born in Lebanon in 1973 after his family fled Palestine in...

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