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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Mar. 15, 2013

Immigrant law student gains partial victory at 9th Circuit

A San Diego asylum-seeker turned down for a federal law school student loan lost his suit against the government over the loan but convinced the Circuit to side with him on a jurisdictional issue.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A San Diego asylum-seeker turned down for a federal law school student loan got an on-the-job education by representing himself in suing the government over the loan and taking his case to district court and to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.


Asil A. Mashiri lost on the loan issue Thursday. But in the years since he sued in the Southern District in 2009 he finished law school, won asylum, got hi...

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