Youssef Al Tawm v. John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General

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• ruling that IJ’s credibility findings are entitled to deference if they are supported by a specific, cogent reason
• for withholding, alien must establish it is more likely than not he would be persecuted
• no past persecution where petitioner was detained on two occasions for only a few hours each
• fear of future persecution was not well-founded or reasonable where, inter alia, alien’s family continued to live in Lebanon without incident for years after his departure
• two beatings four years apart which resulted in swelling did not constitute persecution
• no past persecution where applicant twice was detained and beaten and sought medical treatment, and fear of future persecution was not well-founded or reasonable, in part, because alien’s family continued to live in Lebanon without incident

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).