United States Eighth Circuit

Plaintiffs' denial of their applications for asylum was affirmed where claims of rough handling by Egyptian authorities and having to witness relative's arrest on several occasions, did not rise to the level of persecution necessary to grant asylum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/26/2004
• Published 07/26/2004

Judges

• MAGILL, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, HEANEY, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Debra A. Schneider, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Earle B. Wilson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, argued, Washington, D.C., for appellee.