Legal Opinion
Melencio Legui Lim v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2000No. 98-70683PublishedCited by 491 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Melencio Legui Lim petitions from the dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) of his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum and denial of withholding of deportation. We hold that the BIA erred in denying asylum eligibility, but we affirm the BIA’s denial of withholding of deportation.
BACKGROUND
Melencio Lim entered the United States in August of 1991 and voluntarily approached the INS in September of 1992 to apply for asylum. At his asylum hearing before the IJ, he conceded deportability and testified to the following account.…
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