Legal Opinion
Hugo Ivan Bellido Miriam Puna-Villaneuvam v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 22, 2004No. 02-4076PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Hugo Ivan Bellido and his wife, Miriam Puna-Villanueva, appeal the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their asylum applications.1 Belli-do maintains that he cannot return to Bolivia, his country of origin, because of the threat of persecution he faces by the Bolivian government due to his prior leadership role in a railroad union. He also argues that the BIA improperly failed to consider his claim for relief under the Convention Against Torture. We find that the BIA erred by not granting Bellido’s asylum application, and decline to consider…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Moussa Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Vicente Osorio v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Wolde Amanuel Feleke v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Kirupanathan Perinpanathan v. Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
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