Legal Opinion
Litvinov v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 20, 2010No. 09-2351PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Alexander Litvinov and his wife, Alena Litvinava (together “the Litvinovs”), both citizens of Belarus, petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ’s) denial of their application for asylum and withholding of removal. For the following reasons, we deny the petition.
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A. Procedural Background
On April 24, 2000, Mr. Litvinov entered the United States on a nonimmigrant temporary work visa with permission to remain in the United States until December 3, 2004. Mrs. Litvinava followed her husband to the…
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