No. 19-5005

Ahmadou Sankara v. William P. Barr, Attorney General

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: administrative-review asylum-application burden-of-proof cardoza-fonseca country-conditions immigration-law persecution political-persecution reasonable-possibility well-founded-fear
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

What is the reasonable possibility standard for establishing a well-founded fear of persecution for asylum applicants?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED In order to establish a "well-founded fear" of persecution, an asylum applicant need only show a reasonable possibility that she or he will be persecuted. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987),The Supreme Court has stated that the following is sufficient to establish a well-founded : fear having a fear of an event happening when there is less than a 50% chance that it will take place, and "establishing a 10% chance of being shot, torture, or...otherwise 480 U.S. 421. An applicant who establishes past persecution by the government (or an : entity the government cannot or will not control) on acount of one of the five protection grounds has met that test and established a rebuttable presumption that she or he has a well-founded fear _of future persecution. 8. C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(1), 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(2), Ayele v. Holder, 564 F.3d 862, 868 (7th Cir. 2009). I, Pro Se Petitioner was timely file to the Second Circuit of Appeals due upon Board of ; Immigration Court of Appeals Order August 1017, and March 2019, which he came to the United States in 2001 and left briefly, I returned again in 2002, due to fear future persecution in my Native Country Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, and have been in the United States since then. I got married to my wife religious marriage in 2002, which she also came to United States in ° 2002, and have 2 beautiful United States citizen children with her. my Son Nourdine Sankara. ' Nov. 4, 2003, and my Daughter Mahawa Sankara Nov. 5, 2006, I file my asylum application on 2006, I did not know 1 years timely asylum application due upon my Initial arrived, my wife case was Consolidate with my case on 2006, which she also untemily file her application on 2006, through my application, but she was granted asylum, through my application and I was denied due upon untemily file which she was also untemily file on 2006. and Board of Immigration of Appeals dismiss my Appeal on July 15, 2013, my Board of Immigration of Appeals brief never was file because ICE at Buffalo Federal Detention did not give me my brief Notification legal mail on 2013, and sent back my brief Notification to the Board of Immigration of Appeals. my : Brief Notification was receive from the Board and the envellop was stamping which was never . issue to me at Federal Facility. See Immigration Certify Admitrative Records. I, Ahmadou Sankara, petitioner born in Ivory Coast, July 18, 1970, and citizen of Burkina Faso, I -make this declaration in support my asylum application claim upon due those both country citiation concerned my self and my family members, my uncle Thomas Sankara was born on December 21, of 1949 at his secondary studies where the Colege PMK of Ouagadougou Burkina : Faso for his secondary studies where he met and knew a friend name Blaise Compaore. When my . uncle thomas sankara he finished his edication he became Captain, along with his friend Blaise Compaore with who he received the same military formation at the formation center Commando de "PO", under their Commadant, Jan Baptiste Ouedrago, and Thomas Sankara went to jail in Burkina Faso because of political problems. His friend, Blaise Compaore with some others left '" "prison center "PO" to help their friend, Thomas Sankara and in 1984 they took over the power with the C.N.R., my uncle Thomas Sankara became a new president of Burkina Faso from 1984 to 1987, Three years later."my uncle Thomas Sankara was assasinate murdered by some Burkina Faso Commando de PO military,” because of the same political problems. his friend Blaise Compaore took over the power on 1987, with who he receive the same military formation. Blaise Compaore, was sent by some of their companies as some body who got a vision of taking the power back. Among those who did not came back to Burkina Faso we got for example of uncle Thomas Sankara and his clossed military friend, Aluna Traore a lot of others, and like this petitioner father "Yoro Arouna Sankara was shot in Burkina F

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Application (19A56) denied by the Court.
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-04
Application (19A56) referred to the Court.
2019-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-19
Application (19A56) refiled and submitted to The Chief Justice.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-25
Application (19A56) denied by Justice Ginsburg.
2019-07-15
Waiver of right of respondent Barr, William P. to respond filed.
2019-07-10
Application (19A56) for a stay of removal pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
2019-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)
2019-06-25
Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.

Attorneys

Ahmadou Sankara
Ahmadou Sankara — Petitioner
Ahmadou Sankara — Petitioner
Barr, William P.
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent