Legal Opinion
Gailius v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 23, 1998No. 97-2283PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Irmantas Gailius petitions for relief from the denial of his claims for asylum and withholding of deportation. Gailius fled his native Lithuania in 1990, when that country was part of the Soviet Union, because he feared the Soviet authorities would persecute him for his activities in support of democracy and Lithuanian independence. Lithuania became independent and has held two elections that international observers have certified as free and fair. Largely on the basis of these dramatic changed country conditions, as confirmed in State Department opinion letters, the…
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