Legal Opinion
Vilma Menendez-Donis v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 26, 2004No. 02-3692PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Vilma Menendez-Donis petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ’s) denial of asylum. We affirm the BIA’s decision.
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Ms. Menendez-Donis is a native of Guatemala. She fled to the United States after being beaten and gang raped in her home, entering the country without inspection. She conceded that she was deporta-*917ble but sought asylum on the ground of political persecution. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42)(A), 1158.
Four years before Ms. Menendez-Donis was attacked, her husband, a cattle farmer,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Tengiz Sevoian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Wolde Amanuel Feleke v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by102 opinions
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