Legal Opinion
Geovanni Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2000No. 98-70582PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TASHIMA; Concurrence by Judge BRUNETTI.
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Geovanni Hernandez-Montiel (“Geovan-ni”),1 a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), denying his application for both asylum and withholding of deportation. The BIA dismissed Geovan-ni’s appeal because it agreed with the immigration judge (“IJ”) that Geovanni failed to show that he was persecuted, or that he had a well-founded fear of future persecution, on account of his membership in a particular social group.
The primary issue we must decide is whether…
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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