United States Sixth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals properly denied plaintiff's application for asylum and withholding of deportation on the ground that he failed to meet the statutory eligibility requirements for asylum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2005
• Published 03/28/2005

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges;  O'MEARA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Maria Baldini-Potermin, Scott D. Pollock & Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for Petitioner.  Michele Y.F. Sarko, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Maria Baldini-Potermin, Scott D. Pollock & Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for Petitioner.  Christopher C. Fuller, Janice K. Redfern, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.