Legal Opinion
Meguenine v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 17, 1998No. 97-1991PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Mohammed Meguenine seeks reversal of an- order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) denying his application for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) § 208, 8 U.S.C. § 1158, and his application for withholding of deportation under INA § 243(h), 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h). Meguenine’s most substantial claim is that the agency improperly required him to produce evidence of individualized threats of persecution in violation of 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(2) (1997). Although the BIA failed to refer to that regulation in its opinion, its reasoning…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Cordero-Trejo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Beatrice Ananeh-Firempong v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Wazirali Moosa, Also Known as Wazir Ali Haider Ali Moosa Zebunisa Wazirali Moosa v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Bernal-Vallejo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Gailius v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Mya Lwin v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Da Silva v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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