Legal Opinion
Moussa Fofana v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2013No. 11-3870PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Moussa Fofana petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision denying him asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Having jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a), this court denies the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Testimony
Fofana is a native and citizen of the Republic of Guinea, born in 1970. He is a member of the Malinke ethnic group. Fo-fana testified that while in Guinea, he was the president of a neighborhood youth association and organized unemployed youth to create a non-governmental organization…
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