Legal Opinion
Samuel Novoa-Umania v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 15, 1990No. 89-1623PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the Immigration and Naturalization Service could find, on the basis of the record facts, that Samuel Novoa Umania, the petitioner, failed to show a “well-founded fear” that he faces persecution “on account of” his “membership in a particular social group, or political opinion” if he returns to El Salvador. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (giving Attorney General discretionary authority to grant asylum to otherwise deportable alien who qualifies as a “refugee”); 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) (defining “refugee”). The Board of Immigration Appeals,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- 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
- Genaro Hermino Rodriguez-Rivera v. U.S. Department of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Adela Hernandez-Ortiz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- Valli Kandiah Ravindran v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Edgar E. Castillo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Cordero-Trejo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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