Legal Opinion

Mohammad Arif Shardar v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 24, 2004No. 03-2110PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHERTOFF, Circuit Judge.

Mohammad Arif Sardar appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation, and denying his motion to reopen the proceedings for consideration under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). For the reasons elaborated below, we will deny the petition for review in its entirety.

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Shardar is a native and citizen of Bangladesh who entered the United States on August 26, 1992, using a false passport. Shardar applied for asylum…

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