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

Jul. 14, 2016

Whistleblower claim not enough to keep immigrant in U.S.

A Mongolian immigrant cannot remain in the U.S. based on his claim that his former bosses persecuted him after he acted as a whistleblower on the company's alleged corrupt practices, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Mongolian immigrant cannot remain in the U.S. based on his claim that his former bosses persecuted him after he acted as a whistleblower on the company's alleged corrupt practices, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

The published opinion Wednesday holds Otgonbayar Lkhagvasuren failed to present sufficient evidence to a three-judge panel that weighed his b...

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