MUNYAKAZI v. LYNCH

No. 15-1735.

829 F.3d 291 (2016)

Leopold MUNYAKAZI, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ofelia Lee Calderon , Calderon Seguin PLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Petitioner. Jeffrey Lawrence Menkin , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Mark C. Walters , Senior Counsel for National Security, National Security Unit, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition denied by published opinion. Judge Shedd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Floyd concurred.


Leopold Munyakazi petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Because substantial evidence supports the agency's rulings, we deny the petition.

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