United States Eighth Circuit

Board of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion when it declined to revisit its previous determination that plaintiff had not suffered persecution on a statutorily protected ground and in finding that plaintiff had not shown a nexus between the persecution he suffered and his tribal membership.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2004
• Published 08/05/2004

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rachel Groneck, St. Louis, MO, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Julia K. Doig, Washington, DC, for respondent.