Legal Opinion
Celso Chavarria v. Alberto Gonzalez, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 3, 2006No. 04-1223PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Celso Chavarria, a native of Guatemala, petitions this court for review of the Board of Immigration and Appeal’s (“BIA”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We find that the BIA applied the correct standard of review under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(d)(3)(i). However, because the BIA mischaracter-ized the nature and degree of the threats Chavarria faced and understated the effect these threats had, its factual findings are not supported by substantial evidence. In addition, the BIA’s conclusion that Chavar-ria is not…
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