Legal Opinion

Alberto Damaize-Job v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 21, 1986No. 83-7898PublishedCited by 204 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Alberto Damaize-Job appeals from the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA’s) denial of his application for withholding of deportation under section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h) (1982), and for political asylum under section 208(a) of the Refugee Act of 1980, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (1982). We find that the BIA’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence, and that Damaize satisfies both the “clear probability of persecution” standard of section 243(h) and the “well-founded fear of persecution” standard of section 208(a). We…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Helen Lewin v. Richard S. Schwieker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  3. Espectacion Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  4. 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
  5. Hernan Canjura-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by204 opinions

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  2. Varsha Tushar Shah Forum T. Shah Kunal T. Shah v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  3. Jiamu Wang v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  4. Arout Melkonian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  5. Roberto Antonio Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990

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