United States First Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's claims for asylum and withholding of removal, based on claimed persecution against homosexuals, is affirmed where the immigration judge's decision was supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/27/2005
• Published 01/27/2005

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald H. Barnes on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Dauenheimer, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, on brief for respondent.