Legal Opinion
Sandie v. Attorney General of United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 3, 2009No. 07-1865PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Emmanuel Tango Sandie petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying him asylum. Sandie claims he has a well-founded fear of persecution. He alleges that a secret group, the Wonde & Poro Society, will kill him, if he returns to his native Sierra Leone, because he refuses to become their Supreme Leader. Alternatively, if he were to acquiesce and become Supreme Leader of this group, he claims that he would be tortured and forced to commit murder as part of its leadership initiation ritual. The BIA affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (IJ)…
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