Legal Opinion
Martin Ernesto Alonzo v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1990No. 89-70287PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Martin Ernesto Alonzo, a citizen of Guatemala, contests the denial of his applications for “withholding of deportation” and political asylum. He contends that the Immigration Judge’s and the Board of Immigration Appeals’ adverse credibility findings are not supported by substantial evidence and that the BIA applied the wrong standards governing political neutrality and persecution to him. We have jurisdiction over Alonzo s timely appeal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) and affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Alonzo, a citizen of Guatemala, illegally entered the United States in May of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Espectacion Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In the Matter of Fritz Desir v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Hugo Turcios v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Oscar Alberto Canas Cuadras v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Manuel Diaz Arteaga v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by33 opinions
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Baljinder Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Mehdi Abedini v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Audelio Arriaga-Barrientos v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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