Legal Opinion

Zdzislaw Janusiak v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 22, 1991No. 91-3027PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the denial of Zdzislaw Janusiak’s application for political asylum and withholding of deportation. Affirming the decision of the administrative law judge below, the Board of Immigration Appeals held that Janusiak did not have a well-founded fear of persecution in Poland for his political activities while a member of Solidarity, or for his criminal conduct in obtaining a passport. We will affirm.

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A native and citizen of Poland, Janusiak had tried several times to obtain a passport so he could leave that country. In 1985 he…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Genaro Hermino Rodriguez-Rivera v. U.S. Department of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  3. Rene Carvajal-Munoz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. Beatrice Ananeh-Firempong v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  5. Hasan Balazoski v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by107 opinions

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  2. He Chun Chen, A/K/A He Zhong Chen v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, He Chun ChenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  3. Sulaiman Tarrawally v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
  4. Jan Acewicz v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Henryk Brelyk v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Albin Czyz v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Tadeusz Nogacki v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Andrzej Andrzelachaj v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Stanislaw Rusiecki v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Henryk Wroblewski v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Pawel Woszewski v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  5. Fengchu Chang v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997

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