United States First Circuit

Denial of application for asylum and withholding of removal is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion, and nothing in the record compelled a finding contrary to the BIA's determination that the petitioners had no political affiliations of their own and did not qualify for relief as members of a political party.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2006
• Published 06/07/2006

Judges

• SAYLOR, District Judge., Before SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and SAYLOR, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Stylianos, Jr., on brief for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney (District of Massachusetts) and Michael Sady, Assistant United States Attorney (District of Massachusetts), on brief for respondent.