Legal Opinion
Mocevic v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 23, 2008No. 07-2239PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, Mirko Mocevic (“Mocevic”), petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which affirmed the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying Mocevic’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). For the reasons stated below, we deny the petition for review.
I. BACKGROUND
Mocevic, a native of Yugoslavia and a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina (“Bosnia”), entered the United States through New York in 1996 as a refugee. On August 28, 2002, Mocevic was convicted in Missouri Circuit Court of the felony…
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