Appellate Law

CA1: Petitioner not beaten enough for asylum

By S. COTUS

El-Labaki v. Mukasey, No. 07-1191.  The petitioner is a Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian that worked in Lebanon a lot.  The IJ denied his claim, writing:

While recognizing that petitioner?s ability to travel was merely encumbered by the short-duration detentions at the checkpoint and occasional beating, the IJ considered these interferences negligible inasmuch as El-Labaki remained free to travel within Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Beirut, Jordan and Syria.

He filed late, so the asylum claim doesn?t work.  Regarding a withholding of removal claim, The First sides with the BIA and says he wasn?t persecuted.  Regarding his CAT claim, that fails, too. 

Full post as published by Appellate Law and Practice on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).