United States Eighth Circuit

Petitions for review brought by Jewish citizens of Uzbekistan, of a denial of their applications for asylum and for withholding of removal, are denied where: 1) there was no error with regard to an adverse credibility finding; 2) petitioners failed to present sufficient evidence corroborating their Jewish ethnicity, and their past persecution or well-founded fear of future persecution on account of it; 3) there was no error in rejecting a claim for asylum based on the INS' alleged breach of confidentiality; and 4) their withholding claim failed for the same reasons.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/10/2007
• Published 12/10/2007

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before COLLOTON, ARNOLD and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew M. Armbrecht, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Grimes, U.S.DOJ, OIL, argued, Washington, DC (Linda S. Wernery and Angela N. Liang, on the brief), for respondent.