Legal Opinion
Rafiyev v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2008No. 07-1317, 07-2406PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Anar Rafiyev petitions for review of two decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The first decision denied Rafiyev’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and determined that his application for asylum was frivolous. The second decision denied Ra-fiyev’s motion to reopen based on alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. We deny the petition in No. .07-1317, but grant the petition in No. 07-2406 and remand that case for further consideration.
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In July 2003, Rafiyev traveled to the United…
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