Wasim Saqib v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

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File Name: 09a0154n.06
Filed: February 23, 2009
No. 08-3053
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
WASIM SAQIB,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
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ON PETITION FOR REVIEW
OF A DECISION OF THE
BOARD OF IMMIGRATION
APPEALS
MEMORANDUM
OPINION
BEFORE: NORRIS, BATCHELDER, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM. Petitioner Wasim Saqib, a Pakistani national, appeals from the denial of
his application for a stay of removal, 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3), and relief under the Convention Against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Board of
Immigration Appeals (“the Board”) dismissed the appeal and affirmed the oral decision of an
immigration judge.
Having had an opportunity to review the administrative record and the briefs of the parties,
we deny Saqib’s petition for review based upon the Board’s conclusion that petitioner failed to
establish that it was more likely than not that he would be persecuted based upon a protected ground.
As the Board explained in its decision, petitioner has not linked the actions taken against him by
private investors in a project undertaken by the company for which he worked with governmental

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action. In short, he has not demonstrated persecution based upon political activity. In light of the
Board’s reasoned decision, an opinion on our part is unnecessary.
The petition for review is denied based upon the reasoning found in the Board’s decision of
December 27, 2007.

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