Legal Opinion
Marvin O. Cruz-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1986No. 85-1753PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Marvin Cruz-Lopez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, has petitioned this court for relief from a Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) determination that he cannot remain in the United States. Cruz-Lopez claims that he deserves a discretionary grant of asylum under sections 101(a)(42)(A) and 208(a) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 as amended, (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42), 1158(a), or the mandatory withholding of deportation under section 243(h) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h). Although we sympathize with Cruz-Lopez’s desire not to return to war-torn…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Espectacion Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Luz Marina Cardoza-Fonseca v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Francisca Rosa Arguello-Salguera v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Reginaldo Diaz-Escobar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Rene Carvajal-Munoz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Audelio Arriaga-Barrientos v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Rafael Figeroa, A/K/A Rafael Najarro-Morales v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- A-E-MBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1998
- Rene Adan Contreras-Aragon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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