AHMED v. GARLAND

No. 19-3480.

993 F.3d 1029 (2021)

Abdirizak Mohamed AHMED, Petitioner v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abdirizak Mohamed Ahmed, Saint Paul, MN, Pro Se.

Maria Teresa Miller , Martin Law, LLC, Bloomington, MN, for Petitioner.

Peter B. Berg , U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Bloomington, MN, James A. Hurley , Carl H. McIntyre , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before COLLOTON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Abdirizak Ahmed challenges his removability and seeks asylum. The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled against him on both fronts. We deny Ahmed's petition for review.

I.

Ahmed, a Somali native, came to the United States in 2000. Part of a minority Islamic sect called Sufism, he fled Somalia to escape the country...

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