Legal Opinion
Jose Enrique Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1985No. 83-7761PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Jose Lopez is a citizen of El Salvador found deportable in 1981. He petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because substantial evidence supports the Board’s decision, we deny his petition.
Lopez contends that the Board erred in requiring him to establish his asylum claim by a “clear probability of persecution” rather than by a standard of “well-founded fear of persecution.”
Section 208(a) of the Refugee Act of 1980, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (1982), allows “refugees” to be…
2Cases cited9 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
- Rene Carvajal-Munoz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Jose M. Sarvia-Quintanilla v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by82 opinions
- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Khadija Mohammed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Khadija Ahmed Mohamed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Nicolas Rodriguez-Lariz Maria De Jesus Guevara-Martinez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- Oscar Rojas-Garcia v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Immigration and Naturalization Service Robert S. Coleman, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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