United States First Circuit

Denial of asylum is affirmed due to petitioner's failure to show past persecution based on membership in a protected class and failure to show likelihood of persecution on return to Cambodia, as: 1) evidence showed that petitioner's past persecution was due to enforcing Cambodian laws against fishing with hand grenades, not for membership in the Sam Rainsy political party; and 2) future persecution appeared unlikely due to current political conditions in Cambodia.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2008
• Published 09/19/2008

Judges

• DYK, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, BOUDIN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark C. Walters, Assistant Director, and Theodore C. Hirt, on brief for respondent.