Legal Opinion
Ayala v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 7, 2010No. 09-12113PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This petition for review presents the issue whether the Board of Immigration Appeals gave reasoned consideration to the application for asylum and withholding of removal of Leonel Euro Ayala, a native and citizen of Venezuela. Ayala, who is homosexual and opposes the Chavez government, alleged that he had suffered past persecution on account of his sexual orientation and political opinion. Both the Board and the immigration judge credited Ayala’s testimony that in December 2004 several Venezuelan police officers assaulted him after he left a gay nightclub in Caracas.…
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