Legal Opinion
Sharari v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 2005No. 03-2635PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
The petitioners, Ahmad Said Sharari and his wife, Ramda Adnan Moussa, seek review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We affirm the Board’s decision. 1
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Sharari was born to Palestinian parents in the ancient city of Sidon, Lebanon, and has lived in that country for much of his life. Because of his Palestinian ethnicity, however, he is not a citizen under Lebanese law. On May 23, 1997, he and his then-pregnant wife entered the United States;…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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