Legal Opinion
Yasmin A. Shoaira Hesham Gawdat Tobar v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 2004No. 03-1783PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Yasmin Shoaira and Hesham Gawdat Tobar petition for review of separate decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying their applications for asylum and withholding of removal.
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A. Factual Background
Shoaira and Tobar are a wife and husband who seek asylum in the United States because they fear persecution based on their religious beliefs, imputed political beliefs, and membership in a particular social group if returned to their home country, Egypt. Tobar came to the United States on September 4,1988 as a visitor for pleasure and stayed beyond the date authorized by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Gil Ilano Colmenar,petitioner v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Duarte De Guinac v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Audelio Arriaga-Barrientos v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Kirupanathan Perinpanathan v. Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Niang v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2007
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