United States Fourth Circuit

Petition for review of denial of application for asylum and withholding of removal is affirmed over claims that the BIA erred in deciding that: 1) petitioner had not established a well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of his actual or imputed political opinions; and 2) a disclosure to Egyptian officials by the Department of Homeland Security that he was applying for asylum in this country failed to establish an independent ground for relief.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2007
• Published 07/12/2007

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Andres Cayetano Benach, Maggio & Kattar, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.  Daniel Eric Goldman, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Michael Maggio, Melissa Frisk, Maggio & Kattar, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.  Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, M. JocelynLopez Wright, Assistant Director, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.