Legal Opinion
Abdul Rahman Hassan v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 16, 2004No. 03-1004PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DORR, District Judge.
Abdul Rahman Hassan is a citizen of Somalia who entered the United States on or about August 2, 1998 without admission or parole. He petitions for review of an adverse decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed, without opinion, the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ). The BIA denied Hassan’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Because substantial evidence supports the IJ’s findings, we affirm.
I. Factual Background
Hassan was born in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 16, 1960. He fled…
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