Legal Opinion
Juan Antonio Medrano-Villatoro v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1989No. 88-4514PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner, a citizen of El Salvador, applied for asylum and withholding of deportation on the basis of his fear of persecution by communist rebels should he be returned to El Salvador. The immigration judge denied relief, holding that the petitioner had not met his burden of proving that he had a well-founded fear of persecution or that such persecution was more likely than not. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) summarily dismissed the petitioner’s appeal. We reverse and remand.
The petitioner was a relatively prominent member of his local community in El…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Maria Lucila Martinez-Zelaya v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Juan Carlos Reyes-Mendoza v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Joseph R. Bonne-Annee v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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