Legal Opinion
Marco Antonio Gonzales-Neyra v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1997No. 96-70467PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
Marco Antonio Gonzales-Neyra is a native and citizen of Peru who petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1253(h). Petitioner paid “protection” money to “Sendero Luminoso” (also known as “Shining Path”) guerrillas while he believed that they were Peruvian police officers. Upon concluding that they were revolutionaries whose cause he politically opposed, he told them so and refused to comply with them demands any longer. As a result, he received threats on his…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Farid Faham Gamal Ghaly v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Kamla Prasad Meena Kumari Prasad Catherine Sandhya Prasad Micky Sudesh Prasad Ricky Sumit Prasad v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Teresita Moral BORJA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Vera KORABLINA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Duarte De Guinac v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
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