Legal Opinion
Diab v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 2005No. 04-1584PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Jaezef Adward Diab (“Petitioner”) seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision to affirm the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his petition for relief from removal, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). 1 Finding Petitioner has neither established past persecution based on a protected category, nor a well-founded fear of future persecution, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Petitioner is an Egyptian national and a Coptic Christian. Coptic Christians are a religious minority in Egypt and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Strahan v. CoxeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Guzman v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by29 opinions
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