Legal Opinion
Volodymir Fedunyak v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 2, 2007No. 04-71914PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Volodymir Fedunyak, a Ukrainian national, petitions the court for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying asylum and withholding of removal. Although the Immigration Judge (IJ) found that Fedunyak had suffered sufficient persecution to demonstrate that he would likely be tortured if he was returned to the Ukraine and thus was entitled to relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), 1 a majority of the BIA panel declined to find that Fedun-yak’s persecution was on account of his political opinions. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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