· 2/28/2007
Shafi Mohamed Uwais, Noor Fiyaza Rizvie v. United States Attorney General
Citations
- 478 F.3d 513
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 4436
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- observing that in case of mixed motives, applicant need show that harm was motivated only “in part[] by an actual or imputed protected ground”
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- police accused petitioner of knowingly housing Tamil Tigers
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Judges: Calabresi, Wesley, Oberdorfer
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