Legal Opinion
Ramin Rejaie v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 17, 1982No. 81-2375, 82-3195PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of motions to reopen deportation proceedings requires us to decide whether the Board imposed an improper burden of proof on the petitioner. The petitioner is an Iranian who came to this country in 1978 to attend school for 10 months — from September 1978 to June 1979 —and now does not want to return to his native country. He contends that he will be persecuted if he returns to the Islamic Republic of Iran. In considering petitioner’s request for political asylum under § 243(h) of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Towne v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha WangSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Cabell v. MarkhamCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Markham v. CabellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Raymond Coriolan and Willy Bonannee v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- Hector Andres Marroquin-Manriquez v. The Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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