Joseph Tshibang Kalubi v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2004-04-19

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RYMER, Circuit Judge: This is a rare appeal from the discretionary denial of asylum. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) en banc granted the application of Joseph Kalubi, a native and citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo, for withholding of removal but denied asylum as a matter of discretion. In a split decision, the BIA held (among other things) that although the de…

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