Michael Andrew Gormley Edith Carol Gormley v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• holding that fears stemming from isolated criminal acts do not provide a basis for relief
• concluding that robberies “are an all too common byproduct of civil unrest and economic turmoil” in South Africa
• holding that because Petitioners were “[u]nable to meet the lesser standard for eligibility for asylum, [they] are necessarily incapable of establishing eligibility for withholding”
• recognizing that “mere economic disadvantage alone does not rise to the level of persecution” and finding no past economic persecution
• concluding that robberies “are an all too common byproduct of civil unrest and economic turmoil” in South Africa
• holding that “mere economic disadvantage alone does not rise to the level of persecution”

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