Legal Opinion
Bollanos v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 31, 2006No. 05-2791PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Nestoras Bóllanos, a native and citizen of Albania, petitions for review of a final order of removal of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which denied his petitions for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Conven tion Against Torture (CAT). An Immigration Judge (IJ) found that Bóllanos had not previously been persecuted on the basis of a protected ground, and that he had not met his burden of establishing a well-founded fear of future persecution. The BIA dismissed Bollanos’s appeal, holding that even if Bóllanos had proven past…
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