United States Eighth Circuit

Togo citizen's minor beatings and brief detentions did not amount to political persecution; destruction of his house was properly found to be incidental to general unrest and not on account of his political beliefs. Substantial evidence supported the rejection of asylum claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2004
• Published 03/25/2004

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, LAY and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julie Zimmer, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• M. Jocelyn Wright, argued, Washington, D.C. (Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Frank W. Fraser, and Alison R. Drucker, on the brief), for respondent.