Legal Opinion

Agreda-Portillo v. Ashcroft

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 16, 2002No. 01-70517; I & NS No. A73-000-362Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM**

Jose Mauricio Agreda-Portillo (“Agreda-Portillo”), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to INA §§ 208(a) and 241(b)(3)(A). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1), and we deny the petition for review.

Agreda-Portillo claims that he was persecuted by members of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (“FMLN”) because of his membership in the El Salvadoran army. In 1992, the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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Melencio Legui Lim v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
Naseem Salman Al-Harbi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
Shabanali Ladha Khatoon Ladha Farzana S. Ladha v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000

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