Legal Opinion
Apolinar Perafan Saldarriaga Luz Velasquez Carmona Adrianna Menesses Velasquez Mauricio Perafan Velasquez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2005No. 04-1182PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petition denied by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge TRAXLER joined.
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal from a final order of removal, we must determine whether the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) erred in rejecting petitioner’s claim for political asylum. Petitioner claims to fear reprisal by Colombian drug criminals for his association with the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) and his employment by one of its informants. However, petitioner has not demonstrated how his connection to the drug trade or his collaboration with the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Djenaba Camara v. John Ashcroft, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Vaso and Djela Perkovic v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- Miguel Cruz-Navarro, Graciela Egoavil-Valenzuela, and Sergio Brian Cruz-Egoavil v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Jhonny A. Huaman-Cornelio v. Board of Immigration AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by31 opinions
- A-BBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2018
- Yusupov v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Dankam v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2007
- Alibasic v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Jun Ying Wang v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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