Legal Opinion
Chenthilkumaran Senathirajah v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 9, 1998No. 97-3607PublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
Chenthilkumaran Senathirajah appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or the “Board”) denying his petition for review of an immigration judge’s ruling denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42)(A), 1158(a) and 1253(h). For the reasons that follow we will grant the petition and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 1
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Senathirajah is a fifty-one year old ethnic Tamil from Sri Lanka who claims to have been tortured while detained by the Indian Peace Keeping…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- BURBANOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1994
- Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-IralaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Roberto Antonio Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Maryam Hartooni v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by202 opinions
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- Moussa Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Olufemi Yussef Abdulai v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Chen Yun Gao v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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