United States First Circuit

Denial of application for asylum due to past political persecution and the denial of plaintiff's motion to reopen based on changed country conditions are both affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/16/2003
• Published 06/16/2003

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ilana Greenstein with whom Harvey Kaplan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jeremiah Friedman, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP were on brief, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joan E. Smiley, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.