Legal Opinion
Yatskin v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 6, 2001No. 00-1743PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Yury Yatskin, a Russian citizen, appeals a final order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Affirming the oral decision of the immigration judge, the BIA held in a per curiam order that Yatskin had failed to show that he had suffered persecution on account of his anti-Communist beliefs or that he would face mistreatment due to such beliefs if he were to return to Russia. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Yatskin is a seaman by trade who jumped ship in Providence, Rhode Island on January 4, 1994. He immediately requested asylum. While…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Gailius v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Svetlana Galina and Viatcheslav Galin v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by62 opinions
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