Legal Opinion
Nasser Mustapha Karouni v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. 02-72651PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Nasser Mustapha Karouni (“Karouni”), a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that denied his application for both asylum and withholding of removal. The BIA affirmed without opinion a decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) that found that Karouni failed to show that he was persecuted in the past, or that he had a well-founded fear of future persecution.
Because the evidence compels the conclusion that Karouni has a well-founded fear of future persecution if he were removed to Lebanon, we grant…
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