Case concerning the application for asylum

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Bellout  v. Ashcroft

No. 02-73413.

Argued and Submitted February 5, 2004.

Filed April 12, 2004. 

Jack Artz, South Pasadena, CA, for the petitioner.

Ethan B. Kanter, Assistant United States Attorney General, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Before KOZINSKI, O'SCANNLAIN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Mouloud Bellout, a native and citizen of Algeria, petitions for review of