Legal Opinion
Ramos-Lopez v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2009No. 06-72402PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Erik Ramos-Lopez (“Ramos”), a Honduran national, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying asylum and withholding of removal. An Immigration Judge (“U”) credited as true Ramos’ testimony that he refused recruitment into the Mara Salvatrucha (“MS-13”), a Central American gang, and that MS-13 members subsequently threatened to kill him. The dispositive issue in this case is whether Ramos suffered or has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of a particular social group — young Honduran men who have been recruited by…
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