Legal Opinion
Manuel Diaz Arteaga v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1988No. 86-7124PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Manuel Diaz Arteaga is a 24 year old native and citizen of El Salvador. At a deportation hearing in December 1984, Arteaga admitted that he had entered the United States without inspection in February 1984, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2). He conceded deportability and applied for political asylum in the United States. 1
At his deportation hearing, Arteaga testified about several different incidents. 2 The focal point of Arteaga’s claim of persecution is a visit a group of guerrillas paid to him at his house in August 1983. The guerrilla members, former…
2Cases cited20 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
- Hugo Turcios v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Luis Alonzo Sanchez-Trujillo, and Luis Armando Escobar-Nieto v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by90 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Baljinder Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Melencio Legui Lim v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Roberto Antonio Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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