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86 F. App'x 707

Amir v. Ashcroft

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided January 29, 2004

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2004-01-29

Relies on Girma v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Lopez De Jesus v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Decided 2004-01-29

PER CURIAM.*

¶1Mohammed Amir has filed a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA) summary decision denying his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Amir’s argument to this court turns principally upon two claims: that the IJ incorrectly determined that Amir’s testimony was not credible and that he was previously subjected to persecution on account of his political affiliation. However, the record does not compel a finding that Amir’s testimony was credible. See Lopez De Jesus v. INS, 312 F.3d 155, 161 (5th Cir.2002). Further, despite Amir’s claim that his captors had mixed motives for torturing him, the record does not compel a finding that his political beliefs were a cause of the torture. See Girma v. INS, 283 F.3d 664, 667-68 (5th Cir.2002).

¶2PETITION DENIED.

¶3 Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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