United States Eighth Circuit

In asylum proceedings involving a native of Belarus, petition for review of the BIA's denial of the asylum application is denied where: 1) petitioner did not demonstrate that the record evidence compelled reversal on the basis of past persecution; and 2) as the BIA reasonably concluded that petitioner did not meet the lesser burden of establishing a basis for asylum, he could not show that withholding was necessary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/24/2009
• Published 11/24/2009

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phillip F. Fishman, Bloomington, MN for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew Oliveira, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.