Legal Opinion
Victor Paul v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 6, 2006No. 19-3632PublishedCited by 2,233 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Victor Paul (hereinafter “petitioner” or “Paul”), a native and citizen of Pakistan, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen his case to consider changed conditions in his native country. The BIA declined to reopen asylum proceedings because evidence of intensifying persecution of Christians in Pakistan did not bear on the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) original adverse credibility decision, and it was on the basis of that credibility ruling that Paul was denied asylum and withholding of removal in the first…
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