United States Tenth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals denial of plaintiff's application for asylum and withholding of removal is affirmed, because plaintiff received threats only due to his status as a police officer, he failed to demonstrate past persecution or fear of future persecution required for asylum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2004
• Published 07/21/2004

Judges

• BALDOCK, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, BALDOCK, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shelley Wittevrongel, Boulder, CO, for Petitioners., Mary A. Kenney, Beth Werlin, and Nadine K. Wettstein, Washington, D.C., American Immigration Law Foundation, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Jennifer A. Parker, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.