Legal Opinion
Noel LOPEZ-REYES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1996No. 94-70440PublishedCited by 243 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Noel Lopez-Reyes petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under Sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we grant the petition for review.
BACKGROUND
Noel Lopez-Reyes (“Lopez”), a 21-year-old native and citizen of Guatemala, entered the United States in January 1992. Lopez applied for asylum and withholding of deportation in September of 1992. In June of…
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