Legal Opinion
Mamed Samedov v. Alberto Gonzales, 1 Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2005No. 04-3559PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Mamed Samedov seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which affirmed, without opinion, the decision of an immigration judge (IJ) that denied Mr. Samedov asylum and withholding of removal. We deny the petition for review.
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To be eligible for asylum, Mr. Samedov must qualify for refugee status, which requires that he be “unable or unwilling to return to [his] home country ‘because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion,’ ” Alemu v.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cesar Enrique Regalado-Garcia v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- Jacob Eta-Ndu Catherine Eta-Ndu Danielle Eta-Ndu and Gwladys Eta-Ndu v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Malonga v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
- Rafiyev v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
- Purwantono v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
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