Legal Opinion
Gonzalo Rivera-Cruz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1992No. 91-4007PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Gonzalo Rivera-Cruz (“Rivera”) appeals from an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) denying his requests for asylum and withholding of deportation. Finding that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying Rivera’s requests, we affirm.
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In August 1979, shortly after the Sandi-nistas assumed power in Nicaragua, Sandinista soldiers came to the home of Rivera’s parents in Managua, searching for Rivera’s older brothers. The soldiers apprehended the brothers and beat them. When Rivera pleaded with the soldiers (or interfered with their arrest, according to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Marcello v. BondsSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Mariusz Kaczmarczyk v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by69 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
- Teresa De Jesus Castillo-Villagra v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Yi Wu Zhang v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Faddoul v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Tesfaye Aberra Gebremichael v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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