United States Sixth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of asylum and related relief brought by a native of the Cote d'Ivoire is denied where the evidence in the administrative record did not compel a conclusion contrary to those reached by the IJ in finding: 1) he was not credible; 2) he had not suffered past persecution in his native country; and 3) he failed to show a well-founded fear of future persecution there.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2008
• Published 11/13/2008

Judges

• Before DAUGHTREY and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges;  VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  David C. Koelsch, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, for Petitioner.  Patrick James Glen, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.