United States Eighth Circuit

Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where, even if petitioner had been subjected to past persecution, the government proved that he could live in Tatarstan and that country conditions had changed, and the denial of asylum petition was supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/17/2004
• Published 09/17/2004

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the petitioner was Phillip Frederick Fishman of Minneapolis, MN.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the respondent was Joan E. Smiley of Washington, D.C. Also appearing on the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Mary Jane Candaux, and Jennifer L. Lightbody.