Legal Opinion
Susanto v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 9, 2006No. 04-2683PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Inge Susanto and her husband Yudi Su-priady are natives and citizens of Indone sia, where they belonged to two minority groups: ethnic Chinese and Christian. 1 In 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) charged petitioners with removability, which they acknowledge. Petitioners applied for asylum, however, asserting that they suffered persecution in Indonesia on account of their ethnicity and religion.
At their hearing before an immigration judge (IJ), petitioners adduced as evidence of persecution, inter alia, the violent riots by Indonesia’s Muslim…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Laeila Nelson, Stephanie Nelson, Phil Nelson v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Bocova v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Nikijuluw v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Alibeaj v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Ruiz v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- Decky v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Onwuamaegbu v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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