Legal Opinion
Khan v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2009No. 17-35985PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Anjam Parvez Khan petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. The BIA adopted the IJ’s finding that Khan was ineligible for both forms of relief because he had engaged in terrorist activity. Because we hold that the IJ properly applied the terrorism bar in the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), we deny the petition for review.
I. Background
According to his credible testimony, Khan was born in Kashmir and is a…
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