Legal Opinion
Patricia Ramirez Rivas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1990No. 88-7463PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Patricia Ramirez Rivas 1 petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her withholding of deportation and asylum. We grant the petition for review and reverse the BIA’s decision on both withholding of deportation and asylum.
FACTS
Petitioner Patricia Ramirez Rivas left El Salvador in February of 1983, when she was fifteen years old. She has a mother and father, seven brothers and sisters, and a half-brother. She has an aunt Elena and an uncle Florencio, who had six children. Their children (Ms. Ramirez’s cousins), and Ms.…
2Cases cited10 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
- Alberto Damaize-Job v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Genaro Hermino Rodriguez-Rivera v. U.S. Department of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by64 opinions
- 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
- Naseem Salman Al-Harbi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Roberto Antonio Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Singh v. IlchertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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