Legal Opinion
Harouna Ngam v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 28, 2014No. 13-3583UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Harouna Ngam, a citizen of Mauritania who alleges that he suffered persecution on account of his political activism, seeks asylum and withholding of removal. An immigration judge (“IJ”) denied Ngam’s application, finding him not credible and pointing to a lack of corroborating evidence. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed. Discerning no error, we dismiss in part and deny in part Ngam’s petition for review.
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According to Ngam, he fled Mauritania in August 2008 after discovering that the government issued a warrant for his arrest. Following a brief stop in…
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