Legal Opinion
Mekhoukh v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 2004No. 03-1037, 03-1372PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.
Abdel Hamid Mekhoukh, a native and citizen of Algeria, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture. We deny the petition for review.
I. BACKGROUND
This case arises against the background of the ongoing and well-documented turmoil that has engulfed Algeria since late 1991. See generally Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, United States Department of State, 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights…
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